Rociada, New Mexico

Rociada, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 35°51′18″N 105°25′37″W / 35.8550344°N 105.4269584°W / 35.8550344; -105.4269584
Country United States
State New Mexico
County San Miguel
Elevation 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 609
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
  Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
Zip code 87742
Area code(s) 505
GNIS 912004 912004

Rociada is a settled area in San Miguel County, New Mexico located 27 miles northwest of Las Vegas, the county seat. One of the valleys of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the Manuelitas Creek running through it, Rociada actually comprises two villages, Upper and Lower Rociada. Several nearby villages such as Pendaries and Gascon, although technically in Mora County also use the Rociada postal address. Rociada's name means "sprinkled with dew" in Spanish, reflecting its relatively mild moist climate in the summer compared to the other hot and arid areas of Northern New Mexico.[1][2]

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 Workers of the Federal Writers' Project in the State of New Mexico (1940). New Mexico, a Guide to the Colorful State, p. 378. Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission
  2. Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press Press
  3. Keleher, William Aloysius (1957/2007). Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881, pp. 349–351. Sunstone Press (facsimile edition of the original published in 1957)
  4. C.S. Peterson (1912). Representative New Mexicans p. 271
  5. Mark, Joan (1998). The King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies, p. 87. University of Nebraska Press
  6. Carlin, Bob (ed.) (2002). American Musical Traditions: Latino and Asian American music, p. 53. Schirmer Reference. ISBN 0028655885. Quote: "This brings up the importance of Cleofes Ortiz and Antonia Apodaca. They both grew up playing and learning the music and dances from the older generation and continued to play them. [...] Antonia Apodaca was born in 1923 in Rociada, New Mexico, in the house in which she lives to this day."
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