Taos, New Mexico

Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Town
	Taos Plaza and the Hotel La Fonda, within the Taos Downtown Historic District
	Seal
	Location of Taos, New Mexico
	U.S. Census map
	Taos, New Mexico Location in New Mexico Taos, New Mexico Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 36°23′38″N 105°34′36″W / 36.39389°N 105.57667°W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Taos
Founded	1795
Named for	Taos Pueblo
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council-Manager
• Mayor	Pascualito M. Maestas
Area
• Total	6.04 sq mi (15.64 km2)
• Land	6.04 sq mi (15.64 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	6,969 ft (2,124 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	6,474
• Density	1,072.03/sq mi (413.94/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code	87571
Area code	575
FIPS code	35-76200
GNIS feature ID	0911545
Website	www.taosgov.com

Taos^[a] is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano communities, including Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. The town was incorporated in 1934. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,716.

Taos is the county seat of Taos County. The English name Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "(place of) red willows".

Taos is the principal town of the Taos, NM, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Taos County.

^ "Taos History and Timeline". Taos County Historical Society. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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[Taos_County_Historical_Society-1] "Taos History and Timeline". Taos County Historical Society. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

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