| Official Name: | Pastura, New Mexico |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pastura |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
| Subdivision Name2: | Guadalupe |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.90 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.90 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 5289 |
| Coordinates: | 34.785°N -104.9422°W |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 17 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 48.99 |
| Population Density Km2: | 18.91 |
| Timezone: | Mountain |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | DST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 88435 |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 35-55550 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2584173 |
Pastura is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States, approximately halfway between Santa Rosa and Vaughn. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 23.[2]
It was established in 1901 as a watering spot for steam trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad.[3] In 1903 the US Postal Service built a post office in Pastura in response to its growth, and in 1907, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a 142miles wooden pipeline from the Sierra Blanca mountain range to Pastura.
The small town began to decline when it was bypassed by Route 66, which passed to the north. When the steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives in the 1940s, the railroad no longer needed to use Pastura as a watering stop, and the town declined even further. Today the area is a small farming community.
The Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya was born in Pastura in 1937.
Pastura is located southwest of the center of Guadalupe County along U.S. Route 54; it is southwest of Santa Rosa, the county seat, and northeast of Vaughn. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.9sqkm, all land.[2]
Vaughn Municipal Schools is the local school district.[4]