El Cerrito, New Mexico

El Cerrito, New Mexico
El Cerrito, San Miguel County, New Mexico. (1941)
El Cerrito, San Miguel County, New Mexico. (1941)
El Cerrito, New Mexico is located in the United States
El Cerrito, New Mexico
El Cerrito, New Mexico
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°16′31″N 105°18′42″W / 35.27528°N 105.31167°W / 35.27528; -105.31167
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountySan Miguel
Elevation
5,725 ft (1,745 m)
Population
 (1990s)
 • Total25−30
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)

El Cerrito is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. The village is located in the upper Pecos River valley and was founded in 1824 by settlers from Villanueva, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) upstream. The majority of the population is Hispanic.[1]

Since 1939, El Cerrito has been the subject of several academic studies and books. Its prominence is due to the isolation of the village from major transportation routes and population centers and its Hispanic culture.[2][3]

  1. ^ El Cerrito, New Mexico: Eight Generations in a Spanish Village, Richard L. Nostrand, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0806135465
  2. ^ Eastman, Clyde Eastman and Krannich, Richard S. (1995), "Community Change and Persistence: the Case of El Cerrito, New Mexico," Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 26, No. 1, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15575339509490162, accessed April 10, 2018
  3. ^ Leonard, Glen and Loomis, C. P. (1941), "Culture of a Contemporary Rural Community: El Cerrito, New Mexico, Rural Life Studies," Washington, DC: Department of Agriculture, p. 1.

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