Taos, New Mexico

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Taos, New Mexico
Town
Taos Plaza and the Hotel La Fonda, within the Taos Downtown Historic District
Taos Plaza and the Hotel La Fonda, within the Taos Downtown Historic District
Official seal of Taos, New Mexico
Seal
Location of Taos, New Mexico
Location of Taos, New Mexico
U.S. Census map
U.S. Census map
Taos, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Location in New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico is located in the United States
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°23′13″N 105°34′48″W / 36.38694°N 105.58000°W / 36.38694; -105.58000
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyTaos
Founded1795[1]
Incorporated1934
Named forTaos Pueblo
Government
 • TypeMayor-Council-Manager
 • MayorPascualito M. Maestas[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total
6.04 sq mi (15.64 km2)
 • Land6.04 sq mi (15.64 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
6,969 ft (2,124 m)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total
6,474
 • Density1,072.03/sq mi (413.94/km2)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87571
Area code575
FIPS code35-76200
GNIS feature ID2413366[4]
Websitewww.taosgov.com

Taos (/taʊs/) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano communities, including Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. The town was incorporated in 1934. As of the 2021, its population was 6,567.[6]

Taos is the county seat of Taos County. The English name Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "(place of) red willows".

Taos is the principal town of the Taos, NM, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Taos County.

  1. ^ "Taos History and Timeline". Taos County Historical Society. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pascualito Maestas | Taos, NM". www.taosnm.gov. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taos, New Mexico
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "F.A.Q". Taos.org. Retrieved September 4, 2024.