Official Name: | Los Ojos, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico |
Coordinates: | 36.7361°N -106.5669°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio Arriba |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.63 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.40 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.61 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.39 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Elevation Ft: | 7372 |
Population Total: | 97 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 26.91 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 69.68 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 87551 |
Area Code: | 575 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2584145 |
Los Ojos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 125 as of the 2010 census.[2] Los Ojos has a post office with ZIP code 87551, which opened on February 7, 1877.[3] [4] The community is located near U.S. routes 64 and 84.
Historically, the community has also been known as Park View.[5] Los Ojos was founded in 1860, and a nearby colony, Park View, was established in 1876.[5] A post office was opened in Park View in 1877, but the colony and post office were soon abandoned.[5] The post office was reopened in 1880 in Los Ojos, but the post office kept its original name, Park View.[5] Los Ojos thus came to be referred to on maps as Park View, but in 1971, citizens petitioned to have the name officially changed back to Los Ojos, and the petition was granted in 1972.[5]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.[6]
It is within the Chama Valley Independent Schools school district.[7]