La Boca 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 ...
and
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 ...
(CDP) in
San Juan County,
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 was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[
The CDP is in the northeast corner of the county, bordered to the north by ]La Plata County, Colorado
La Plata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,638. The county seat is Durango. The county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the s ...
. New Mexico State Road 511 passes through the community, leading south to Navajo Dam. To the north, the road becomes Colorado State Highway 172, leading to Ignacio
Ignacio is a male Spanish language, Spanish name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ''ignis'' "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the Ignatius of Antioch, third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emp ...
.
La Boca is bordered to the east by Los Pinos River, which flows southward to join the San Juan River in Navajo Lake.
Demographics
Education
The school district is Aztec Municipal Schools.
References
Census-designated places in San Juan County, New Mexico
Census-designated places in New Mexico
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