Las Tusas, New Mexico
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|official_name = Las Tusas, New Mexico
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = New Mexico
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Cibola
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|area_total_km2 = 3.28
|area_land_km2 = 3.28
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.27
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.27
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 253
|population_density_km2 = 77.16
|population_density_sq_mi = 199.84
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MDT
|utc_offset_DST = -6
|elevation_ft = 7497
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|area_code = 505
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|blank_info = 35-39792
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|blank1_info = 2584058{{GNIS|2584058}}
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Las Tusas is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. At the 2010 census the CDP was known as Bluewater Acres and had a population of 206.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3508185| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193542/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3508185| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bluewater Acres CDP, New Mexico| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 20, 2014}}
Geography
Las Tusas is located in northwestern Cibola County, near the southern tip of Bluewater Lake, a reservoir on Bluewater Creek north of Salitre Mesa. New Mexico State Road 612 (Bluewater Road) leads north from the community {{convert|12|mi}} to Thoreau and Interstate 40. A Forest Service road leads south from Bluewater Acres through Cibola National Forest {{convert|25|mi}} to NM 53 near the Continental Divide.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Las Tusas CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.3|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.{{cite web |title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Mexico |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_35.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 24, 2021}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 253
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:35&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}
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References
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{{Cibola County, New Mexico}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Cibola County, New Mexico