Official Name: | Rowe, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New Mexico##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | San Miguel |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 15.83 |
Area Land Km2: | 15.83 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.11 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.11 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 304 |
Population Density Km2: | 19.20 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 49.74 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 6785 |
Coordinates: | 35.4978°N -105.6719°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-65000 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2629123 |
Rowe is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
The CDP is located along Interstate 25 near the Pecos National Historical Park.
Rowe was established to provide labor for the Santa Fe Railroad in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The majority of the population came from Las Ruedas 2miles away on the Pecos River. A pipeline to provide water for steam engines was laid between Rowe and the then village of Las Ruedas. Las Ruedas ceased to exist and by the time of the 1880 U.S. Federal Census most of the former residents of Las Ruedas were resettled in Rowe.
The old Las Ruedas townsite is privately owned.
It is within Pecos Independent Schools.[2]
a bookmobile served the community but it had no permanent library facility.[3]
The Native American Preparatory School operated in the nearby area, in proximity to South San Ysidro,[4] from 1995 until it closed in 2002.[5]