Glorieta is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in

Santa Fe County Santa Fe County ( es, Condado de Santa Fe; meaning ''Holy faith'' in Spanish) is located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 144,170, making it New Mexico's third-most populous county, after Bernalillo Cou ...

New Mexico ) , 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. It is part of the

Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area The Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area (known as the Santa Fe–Española combined statistical area until 2013) is made up of eight counties in north central New Mexico. The combined statistical area consists of the Albuq ...

. The population was 430 at the 2010 census. The community is located in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, along Interstate 25 on the east side of

Glorieta Pass Glorieta Pass (elevation 7500 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. The pass is at a strategic location near at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristos in east central Santa Fe County southeast ...

History

The area was the site of two battles in New Mexico history, the Capture of Santa Fe and the

Battle of Glorieta Pass The Battle of Glorieta Pass (March 26–28, 1862) in the northern New Mexico Territory, was the decisive battle of the New Mexico campaign during the American Civil War. Dubbed the " Gettysburg of the West" by some authors (a term described ...

Geography

Glorieta is located at (35.577653, -105.759655). It is located along the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Top ...

(now the BNSF); it was a stop along the record-breaking

Scott Special The ''Scott Special'', also known as the ''Coyote Special'', the ''Death Valley Coyote'' or the ''Death Valley Scotty Special'', was a one-time, record-breaking passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) fr ...

passenger train. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 859 people, 315 households, and 223 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 68.7 people per square mile (26.5/km²). There were 339 housing units at an average density of 27.1 per square mile (10.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.11%

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, 0.23%

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, 2.10% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 15.83% from

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, and 3.49% from two or more races.

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of any race were 56.00% of the population. There were 315 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.00. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $46,429. Males had a median income of $34,432 versus $31,625 for females. The

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for the CDP was $19,564. About 7.7% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the

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, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

It is within Santa Fe Public Schools. It is zoned to El Dorado Community School (K-8) in El Dorado. Its high school is Santa Fe High School. Based on the high school zones these are post-2018
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References

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