Watrous, New Mexico
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|official_name = Watrous, 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 = Mora
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 1.48
|area_land_km2 = 1.47
|area_water_km2 = 0.01
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.57
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.57
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 99
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|population_density_km2 = 67.14
|population_density_sq_mi = 173.99
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MDT
|utc_offset_DST = -6
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|elevation_ft = 6421
|coordinates = {{coord|35|47|26|N|104|58|54|W|region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 87753
|area_code = 575
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 896280{{cite gnis|896280|Watrous}}
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|blank1_info = 35-83830
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Watrous is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 99 as of the 2020 census, down from 135 in 2010.{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US3583830&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race – Watrous CDP, New Mexico: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 20, 2024}} Watrous has a post office with ZIP code 87753, which opened on April 14, 1868.{{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=August 7, 2013}} The community is located along Interstate 25. It was named after merchant and landowner Samuel Watrous, who moved to New Mexico from Vermont in 1835.{{cite book |last1=Julyan |first1=Robert |title=The Place Names of New Mexico |date=1996 |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |isbn=0826316891 |page=377}}
Geography
Watrous is in southern Mora County, {{convert|1|mi}} north of the San Miguel County line. Interstate 25 runs along the west side of the community. New Mexico State Road 161 runs through the center of town, connecting with I-25 at Exit 364 to the south and Exit 366 to the north. I-25 leads southwest {{convert|20|mi}} to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and northeast {{convert|48|mi}} to Springer.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Watrous CDP has an area of {{convert|0.57|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.004|sqmi|3}}, or 0.70%, are water. The Mora River runs along the northern edge of the community, flowing east toward the Canadian River in San Miguel County. The Sapello River, a tributary of the Mora, flows through the west side of town.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2010= 135
|2020= 99
|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}}
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Education
It is in the Las Vegas City Schools.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35033_mora/DC20SD_C35033.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mora County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-12}} Its high school is Robertson High School.
References
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{{Mora County, New Mexico}}
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Category:Census-designated places in New Mexico
Category:Census-designated places in Mora County, New Mexico
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