Polvadera, New Mexico
Polvadera, New Mexico | ||
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ZIP code 87828 | ||
Area code | 575 | |
FIPS code | 35-58910 | |
GNIS feature ID | 2584183[2] |
Polvadera (La Polvadera de San Lorenzo) is an
Name
The name may be based upon a Piro name for the place,
History
Polvadera was founded as a farming community in the 1620s after
Apache and Navajo raids continued until after the American Civil War when the US Army began a strenuous interdiction policy.[11] The town was attacked as late as 1846 by over a hundred Navajo who made away with a large number of livestock.[12]
Camp Connelly, sometimes called Fort Connelly,[9] was established by Colonel Canby in 1862 adjacent to Polvadera, on land leased from the then governor Henry Connelly.[13] Lt. William Brady was sent there as a recruiting officer to process volunteers.[14] Camp Connelly was only maintained until the end of the civil war in 1865.[13]
The Santa Fe Railroad came through in 1882 and the Post Office in Polvadero was established in 1895.[15] The current church of San Lorenzo was built in 1898.[16]
Polvadera has always been subject to the flooding of the Rio Grande. Major floods occurred in 1898, which destroyed the church, in 1929, and 1937.[4][17] Formerly, the major diversion of Rio Grande water for irrigation in Socorro County occurred at Polvadera; however, after the floods of 1929 a new diversion was built upstream at San Acacia.[18]
In 1958 when Interstate 25 was being built down the Rio Grande valley, Polvadera was not given an exit, the nearest exit provided was at Lemitar a few miles to the south.[19]
Economy
Polvadera is primarily a farming community. Before Prohibition, it had large areas devoted to grapes for the production of wine.[20] More recently chile has been the main crop.[9]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 178 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[21][3] |
Education
It is within Socorro Consolidated Schools.[22] Socorro High School is the comprehensive high school of the district.
Attractions
Nearby, to the west of the community, is San Lorenzo Canyon, a popular hiking and picnic spot.[23]
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Polvadera, New Mexico
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Harden, Paul (September 4, 2010). "Polvadera y Chamisal: Two of Socorro County's historic villages and the San Lorenzo Land Grant" (PDF). El Defensor Chieftain. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011.
- OCLC 11553460
- ^ US Census of 1850
- ^ US Census of 1870
- ^ Pearce, T. M. (1965) "Polvadera" New Mexico place names; a geographical dictionary University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, p. 124, OCLC 420847
- ^ ISBN 0-8165-1102-0
- ^ Pérez, Juan Manuel (2005) "The Hispanic Role in America: A Chronology" Coloquio Revista Cultural October 2005 Archived March 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 22, 2009
- ISBN 0-8165-0065-7
- OCLC 11553460
- ^ ISBN 1-881325-50-4
- ISBN 0-86534-064-1
- OCLC 10228225
- ^ Harden, Paul (2007) "The Mission Churches in Socorro County – Part 2", originally published in the El Defensor Chieftain of September 8, 2007
- ^ Staff (August 21, 1929) "Engineers for Conservancy District Will Investigate Fiver Needs in Flood Zone" Albuquerque Journal p. 1 col.4
- OCLC 17617974
- ^ Staff (October 23, 1958) "Fenced Off US 85, Village Anger Rises" Albuquerque Journal p. 1 col.3, p. 10 col. 1–5
- OCLC 166604054
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area" US Bureau of Land Management
External links
- Polvadera Farming Community Page
- "1997 Economic Census: ZIP Code Statistics 87828 (Polvadera, NM)", US Census Bureau
- "Polvadera, United States", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.