La Huerta, New Mexico | |
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 Location of La Huerta, New Mexico | |
  La Huerta, New Mexico Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′56″N 104°13′21″W / 32.44889°N 104.22250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Eddy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.52 sq mi (3.95 km2) |
| • Land | 1.52 sq mi (3.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,117 ft (950 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,448 |
| • Density | 950.13/sq mi (366.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Area code | 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-37420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2407964[2] |
La Huerta, formerly known as Carlsbad North, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2010 census.[4] The community, whose name means "fruit garden" in Spanish, was named after the orchards and garden plots that supplied food to Carlsbad.[5]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Huerta, New Mexico
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USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnlywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): La Huerta CDP, New Mexico". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 18, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 64. ISBN 0826316891.