Arroyo Hondo 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 counte ...
in
Taos County
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,489. Its county seat is Taos. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory.
Taos County compri ...
near
Taos
Taos or TAOS may refer to:
Places
* Taos County, New Mexico, United States
** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico
*** Taos art colony, an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico
** Taos Pueblo, a Native American ...
,
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. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 474.
History
It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied
Native Americans at
Simeon Turley's mill and distillery trading post on January 20, 1847. This took place during the
Taos Revolt
The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Pueblo allies against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War. Provisional governor Charles Bent and severa ...
, a populist
insurrection
Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...
of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
.
Demographics
Education
It is within
Taos Municipal Schools
Taos Municipal Schools (TMS) or Taos Municipal School District (TMSD) is a school district based in Taos, New Mexico, United States. Taos Municipal Schools has a total area of . The school district has a total of six schools. The district has on ...
,
which operates
Taos High School
Taos High School, founded in 1917, is the public high school in Taos, New Mexico, United States. A part of the Taos Municipal Schools school district, is located outside of Taos Pueblo, at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
The distri ...
.
See also
*
John Dunn Bridge
*
Juan Bautista Rael
Juan Bautista Rael (August 14, 1900 – November 8, 1993) was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who was a pioneer in the study of the people, stories, and language of Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the Southwes ...
*
Auguste Lacome
Auguste Sylvestre LaCome (October 25, 1821 – November 11, 1888) was a French settler and trader in the New Mexico Territory and brother of Jean Baptiste (Juan Bautista) LaCome. He lead the search for the survivors of the White massacre.
Biograp ...
References
Census-designated places in New Mexico
Native American history of New Mexico
Census-designated places in Taos County, New Mexico
Taos Revolt
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