Official Name: | The Village of Cerro |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Taos |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 428 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 7602 |
Coordinates: | 36.7569°N -105.6211°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 87519 |
Area Code: | 575 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 904926 |
Website: | http://www.laplaza.org/government/cerro/ |
Cerro is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States located along New Mexico State Road 378. It was founded in 1854 by settlers from Taos and Questa and was named for Cerro Guadalupe.[1]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cerro has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Cerro was 100F on June 19, 1924, while the coldest temperature recorded was -34F on January 29, 1919 and January 6, 1971.