San Miguel County is a county in New Mexico, United States, anchored by the city of Las Vegas along the old Santa Fe Trail corridor. It had a population of 27,201 at the 2020 census and covers 4,736 square miles (12,270 km2), centred near 35°28′N 104°50′W.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas is the county seat and its postal code is 87701. The county contains one city, one village and twelve census-designated places, plus dozens of small unincorporated communities strung along the Pecos and Gallinas rivers. San Miguel County observes Mountain Time and carries FIPS code 35047.<\/p>\n
San Miguel County has one incorporated city (Las Vegas, the seat), one incorporated village (Pecos), and twelve census-designated places (CDPs) recognized by the Census Bureau. Everything else below is an unincorporated community — a rural settlement, ranch community, or historic place name with no municipal government of its own. Population is shown only where the Census Bureau reports a figure for that specific place.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 13,166<\/td>\n | 87701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pecos<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87552<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Conchas Dam<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Pecos<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| El Cerrito<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ribera<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rowe<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87562<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Jose<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Miguel<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sena<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tecolote<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trementina<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upper Colonias<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Villanueva<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87583<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Agua Zarca<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alta Vista<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Apache Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arriba<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aurora<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barranco<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bernal<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blanchard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Campana<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Canoncito<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedar Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chapelle<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chaperito<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Conchas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cowles<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| El Anc\u00f3n<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| El Llano<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| El Macho<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| El Porvenir<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gabaldon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gallinas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gise<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gonzales Ranch<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grass Mountain Summer Home Area<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holy Ghost<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hooverville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hot Springs (Montezuma)<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87731<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ilfeld<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kroenigs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| La Fragua<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| La Liendre<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| La Manga<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lagunas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lagunita<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Las Dispensas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Las Tusas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Los Alamos<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Los Montoyas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Los Vigiles<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lovato<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lower Colonias<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lower La Posada<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lower Pueblo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lucero<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Manuelitas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mineral Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Montosa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Trementina<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North San Ysidro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ojita<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ojitos Frios<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pajarita<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pe\u00f1asco Blanco<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pendaries Village<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Romero<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Romeroville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rociada<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87742<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sabinoso<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87742<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Salitre<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Antonio<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Augustin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Geronimo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Ignacio<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Juan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Pablo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Rafael<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| San Ramon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sanchez<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sapello<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Serafina<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South San Ysidro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tecolotito<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tererro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 87573<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tierra Monte<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tres Lagunas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trout Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trujillo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upper La Posada<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upper Pueblo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upper Rociada<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Variadero<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Winsor Creek Summer Home Area<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n A handful of the old list’s entries did not survive verification and are omitted here — see the source notes for this page. “Ancon” and “El Ancon” are the same place, listed once as El Anc\u00f3n; “Las Vegas Town” and “Las Vegas” were the same duplicate entry.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost other unincorporated places in the county use the Las Vegas or Pecos ZIP for mail delivery rather than having a post office of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nSan Miguel County spans the transition from the southern Rocky Mountains to the high plains of eastern New Mexico. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Pecos Wilderness cover the county’s northwestern corner, where Cowles, Holy Ghost and Tererro sit along the upper Pecos River in a narrow forested canyon. East of Las Vegas the land flattens into shortgrass prairie drained by the Gallinas, Pecos and Canadian rivers, with the Conchas Reservoir straddling the Harding County line in the far northeast. Elevations range from roughly 4,000 feet along the eastern plains to over 12,000 feet in the Pecos Wilderness peaks.<\/p>\n San Miguel County borders six other New Mexico counties: Mora County<\/a> to the north, Harding County<\/a> to the east, Quay County<\/a> to the southeast, Guadalupe County to the south, Torrance County<\/a> to the southwest, and Santa Fe County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n San Miguel County had 27,201 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 5.8 people per square mile. Las Vegas is by far the largest community, with the village of Pecos a distant second. Hispanic and Latino residents make up roughly three-quarters of the county’s population, reflecting its Spanish colonial land-grant history. Median household income in the county runs well below the New Mexico median of $62,268, one of the lowest figures among New Mexico’s 33 counties.<\/p>\n Education and government are the county’s largest employers: New Mexico Highlands University and the Las Vegas public schools, San Miguel County government, and the city of Las Vegas together anchor the local economy, alongside Alta Vista Regional Hospital. The United World College-USA, housed in the historic Montezuma Castle resort hotel near the hot springs northwest of Las Vegas, draws students from around the world. Ranching and hay farming remain the backbone of the rural county outside Las Vegas, and the Santa Fe National Forest and Pecos Wilderness support logging, hunting and fishing-based tourism. Pecos National Historical Park and Villanueva State Park are the county’s two National Park Service and state park units.<\/p>\n San Miguel County traces its origin to the Spanish colonial land grant centered on San Miguel del Vado, a village on the Pecos River whose parish church was dedicated to the archangel Saint Michael — the source of the county’s name. The United States Army occupied the region during the Mexican-American War in 1846, and San Miguel County was organized as one of New Mexico’s original counties on January 9, 1852. Las Vegas grew rapidly as a stop on the Santa Fe Trail and, after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway reached town in 1879, as a livestock-shipping and resort hub; the Montezuma Hotel, built that same era near the hot springs, was once among the largest resort hotels in the United States. In 1899 Las Vegas hosted the first reunion of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, many of whom had been recruited from New Mexico Territory.<\/p>\n Interstate 25 runs north–south through Las Vegas, and US Highway 84 crosses the county heading northeast toward Tucumcari. NM Highway 63 climbs north from I-25 through Pecos village into the Pecos Canyon toward Cowles and Terrero.<\/p>\n Amtrak’s Southwest Chief stops daily in Las Vegas, one of a handful of New Mexico stations on the Chicago–Los Angeles route. The nearest commercial airport is Santa Fe Regional Airport; Albuquerque International Sunport offers a much wider range of flights.<\/p>\n Where is San Miguel County?<\/strong> What is the population of San Miguel County?<\/strong> How big is San Miguel County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of San Miguel County?<\/strong> How many towns and villages are in San Miguel County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in San Miguel County?<\/strong> |