Watrous, New Mexico

Watrous, New Mexico
Watrous is located in New Mexico
Watrous
Watrous
Watrous is located in the United States
Watrous
Watrous
Coordinates: 35°47′26″N 104°58′54″W / 35.79056°N 104.98167°W / 35.79056; -104.98167
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMora
Area
 • Total
0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Land0.57 sq mi (1.47 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
6,421 ft (1,957 m)
Population
 • Total
99
 • Density173.99/sq mi (67.14/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87753
Area code575
GNIS feature ID896280[3]
FIPS code35-83830

Watrous is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 99 as of the 2020 census,[2] down from 135 in 2010.[4] Watrous has a post office with ZIP code 87753, which opened on April 14, 1868.[5][6] The community is located along Interstate 25. It was named after merchant and landowner Samuel Watrous, who moved to New Mexico from Vermont in 1835.[7]

  1. ^ "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "P1. Race – Watrous CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Watrous". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "P1. Race – Watrous CDP, New Mexico: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  5. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  7. ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 377. ISBN 0826316891.

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