La Joya is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a 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 counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

Socorro County Socorro County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,866. The county seat is Socorro. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties of New Mexico Territory. Socorro wa ...

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, Ker ...

, United States. The community is located on the east bank of the

Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio G ...

, north of Socorro. Its population was 82 as of the 2010 census. La Joya has a

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with ZIP code 87028, which opened on February 28, 1883.

Demographics

History

La Joya was settled in 1598 by the Piro Indians, who built a

pueblo In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...

at the site.

Education

Its school district is

Belén Consolidated Schools Belén Consolidated Schools is a school district headquartered in Belen, New Mexico. Within Valencia County, in addition to the vast majority of Belen, the district includes the municipality of Rio Communities and the census-designated places of ...

Belén High School Belén High School (BHS) is a public high school located in Belen, Valencia County, New Mexico. A part of Belén Consolidated Schools, it opened in 1916 as the first public high school in Valencia County. Attendance zone Within Valencia County ...

is the district's comprehensive high school.

References

Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in Socorro County, New Mexico Populated places established in 1598 {{NewMexico-geo-stub