Bosque Farms is a village in
Valencia County
Valencia County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 76,569. The county seat is Los Lunas.
Valencia County is included in the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county was a si ...
,
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
, United States. The population was 3,904 at the
2010 census. It is part of the
Albuquerque
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Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
History
What is known as Bosque Farms today was part of a Spanish land grant dating from 1716, originally known as Bosque del Pino (Forest Pines), or
Los Pinos
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.
The land changed hands numerous times before being purchased during the
Great Depression by the New Mexico Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, which in turn sold it to the federal
Resettlement Administration
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in 1935. The RA renamed the land Bosque Farms and turned it into an agricultural resettlement project for
Dust Bowl
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refugees. Traditional farming failed due to poor soil conditions, and the families who stayed turned to
dairy farming
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, which became the community's main agricultural industry through the 1960s.
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. Village of Bosque Farms web site. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
Bosque Farms was incorporated in 1974. Today, housing and commercial development are its main sources of revenue.
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Geography
Bosque Farms is located in the Rio Grande Valley at (34.853392, -106.699251).United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the census
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population density
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was 996.2 people per square mile (384.2/km2). There were 1,476 housing units at an average density of 374.0 per square mile (144.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 82.68% White
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, 0.61% African American
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, 1.88% Native American, 0.20% Asian
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, 11.19% from other races
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, and 3.43% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race were 29.53% of the population.
There were 1,422 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $44,055, and the median income for a family was $49,688. Males had a median income of $40,963 versus $25,726 for females. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $20,317. About 4.8% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Bosque Farms' public schools are operated by Los Lunas Schools Los Lunas Public Schools is a school district based in Los Lunas, New Mexico.
Los Lunas Public Schools' attendance area includes, in addition to Los Lunas: Bosque Farms, Chical, El Cerro, El Cerro Mission, Highland Meadows, Meadow Lake, Mon ...
.
In 2010, Bosque Farms Elementary won the National Blue Ribbon Award for its excellence in education and for progress in “closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.”
Government
As of April 2020, the current mayor of Bosque Farms is Russell Walkup .
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Villages in Valencia County, New Mexico
Villages in New Mexico
Albuquerque metropolitan area