Sabinal, originally ''San Antonio de Sabinal'', is a
populated place
In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to t ...
in
Socorro 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 lies at an elevation of on the west bank of the
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo language, Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States a ...
, approximately three miles north of
Abeytas.
[George D. Torok, From the Pass to the Pueblos, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, Dec 1, 2011]
History
San Antonio de Sabinal was founded in 1741 as one of several frontier settlements along a road that paralleled the
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (), also known as the Silver Route, was a Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish road between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, San Juan Pueblo (''Ohkay Owingeh''), New Mexico (in the modern U.S.), that wa ...
along the west bank of the
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo language, Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States a ...
, south of
Pueblo of Isleta.
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References
{{Socorro County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in Socorro County, New Mexico
Populated places in Socorro County, New Mexico