San Jose 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 San Miguel 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. Its population was 137 as of the 2010 census. San Jose has a

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, with ZIP code 87565. Exit 319 of

Interstate 25 Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I-25 st ...

serves the community.

History

San Jose was founded in 1803 when allotments of land were made to 45 men and two women by the

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government of New Mexico. The purpose of the settlement, and others in the

Pecos River The Pecos River ( ; ) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elev ...

valley, was to defend the eastern flanks of the New Mexican settlements from

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attacks, especially by the

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s. Many of the early settlers were landless genizaros. Many of the

comanchero The Comancheros were a group of 18th- and 19th-century Merchant, traders based in northern and central New Mexico. They made their living by trading with the nomadic Great Plains Native Americans in the United States, Indian tribes in northeaste ...

s and

cibolero A Cibolero (plural: ''ciboleros'') was a Hispanic, Spanish colonial (and later Mexican) Bison hunting, buffalo hunter from New Mexico. The Spanish word for buffalo as used in New Mexico is ''cibolo''; hence, the name ''Cibolero'' for buffalo hunter. ...

s who traded with the

Comanche The Comanche (), or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (, 'the people'), are a Tribe (Native American), Native American tribe from the Great Plains, Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the List of federally recognized tri ...

and hunted

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on the

Great Plains The Great Plains is a broad expanse of plain, flatland in North America. The region stretches east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland. They are the western part of the Interior Plains, which include th ...

came from San Jose and other Pecos Valley settlements.

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of , all land.

Education

It is in the

West Las Vegas Schools West Las Vegas Public Schools is a school district based in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. The district covers a area in southern San Miguel County. Within the city of Las Vegas, the district serves areas located west of the Gallinas ...

school district.

West Las Vegas High School West Las Vegas High School (WLVHS) is a public senior high school in Las Vegas, New Mexico and the only such high school in the West Las Vegas Schools District. Founded in 1947, it is the oldest high school in the city. The mascot of WLVHS is ...

is the area high school.

References

Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in San Miguel County, New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub

History

Geography

Education

See also

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