La Plata, New Mexico

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = La Plata, New Mexico

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|pushpin_map = New Mexico

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = New Mexico

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = San Juan

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='35'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 57.41

|area_land_km2 = 57.40

|area_water_km2 = 0.01

|area_total_sq_mi = 22.17

|area_land_sq_mi = 22.16

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 2105

|population_density_km2 = 36.67

|population_density_sq_mi = 94.98

|timezone = Mountain (MST)

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

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|elevation_ft = 5787

|coordinates = {{coord|36|51|33|N|108|12|45|W|region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 87418

|area_code = 505

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|blank_info = 2584132{{GNIS|2584132}}

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La Plata is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 612 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}} La Plata has a post office with ZIP code 87418.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=October 24, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} The community is located at the junction of state roads 170 and 574.