La Bajada 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
Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County (; meaning "County of the Holy faith" in Spanish) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 154,823, making it New Mexico's third-most populous county, after Bernalillo Count ...
,
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.
It is named after a geographical feature of the nearby
Caja del Rio
Caja del Rio (Spanish language, Spanish: "canyon#Box canyon, box of the river") is a dissected plateau, of volcanic origin, which covers approximately of land in northern Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. The region is also known as t ...
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History
A post office called La Bajada was established in 1870, closed in 1872. La Bajada is derived from Spanish meaning "the descent".
Education
It is within
Santa Fe Public Schools
Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) is a school district based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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.
See also
References
External links
Census-designated places in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Census-designated places in New Mexico
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