Cordova, New Mexico

Cordova, New Mexico
Census-designated place (CDP)
Cordova, New Mexico
Coordinates: 36°00′26″N 105°51′38″W / 36.00722°N 105.86056°W / 36.00722; -105.86056Coordinates: 36°00′26″N 105°51′38″W / 36.00722°N 105.86056°W / 36.00722; -105.86056
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Area[1]
 • Total 1.667 sq mi (4.32 km2)
 • Land 1.667 sq mi (4.32 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 6,955 ft (2,120 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 414
 • Density 250/sq mi (96/km2)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code 87523
Area code(s) 505
GNIS feature ID 905338[3]

Cordova is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.[2]

The village lies a short distance off the "High Road to Taos, NM State Road 76, between Chimayo and Truchas.

Its population was 414 as of the 2010 census.[2] Cordova has a post office with ZIP code 87523, which opened on March 26, 1900.[4][5] Cordova is well known for wood carvers.

Cordova was the scene of a serigraph completed 1946-1947 on wove paper, "Street in Cordova, New Mexico" made by noted Oregon born printmaker Norma Bassett Hall (d. 1957) Size 8.875 x 11.5 in. Held in 2015 by the Lockhart Family Collection. It features a view up to the Pecos mountains from a street scene containing a narrow adobe dwelling lined street, three adults and a child, and the rear and steeple of the church. The scene is awash in light with predominant beige and white tones.


Pop culture

Great States, an American alternative rock band, has a song entitled "Cordova, NM" on their debut album, Gatsby.

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Cordova". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 29, 2013.


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