Ojo Sarco is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in

Rio Arriba County Rio Arriba County () is a List of counties in New Mexico, county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,363. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, Tierra Amarilla. Its ...

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

, United States. Ojo Sarco is located in the

Sangre de Cristo Mountains The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish language, Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost mountain range, subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountai ...

, from

New Mexico State Road 76 State Road 76 (NM 76) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately . NM 76's western terminus is at NM 68 in Santa Cruz and the eastern terminus is in Picuris Pueblo Picuris Pueblo (; ...

and west-southwest of Las Trampas. Ojo Sarco had its own

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

until June 8, 1996. Ojo Sarco was founded by settlers on the

Las Trampas Land Grant The Las Trampas Land Grant was awarded in 1751 by the Spanish Empire, colonial government of Spain to twelve Hispano families. The community of Las Trampas, New Mexico was founded the same year. The grant consisted of of land on the western slop ...

which dates back to 1751.

Demographics

Education

The southern portion is in Peñasco Independent Schools while the northern portion is in

Española Public Schools Española Public School District #55 (EPSD) or Española Public Schools (EPS) is a school district based in Española, New Mexico, United States, USA. It includes sections of Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County. In the year 2000 the district ...

. The comprehensive public high school for the Española district is

Española Valley High School Española Valley High School (EVHS) is a Title-1 Public school (government funded), public senior high school of the Española Public Schools District, located in Española, New Mexico. Nearly 97% of the student body is made up of Minority group, ...

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