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In the 1830s, Placitas, which at the time was known as Las Placitas, [5] was settled. [4] On February 24th, 1894, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church was founded. [6] [7] During the 1960s and 1970s, there were many hippie settlements near Placitas. These settlements include Sun Farm, Lower Farm, Little Farm, Dome Valley, and Tawapa.
Placitas, also known as La Placita [2] and Las Placitas del Rio Bonito, [3] in Lincoln County, New Mexico [4] is a now abandoned village along the frontier between the New Mexico Territory and Confederate Arizona that was the site of the Battle of Placito, between Apache and native New Mexicans aided by Confederate soldiers from Fort Stanton ...
Placitas may refer to several places: Placitas, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, a census-designated place; Placitas, Lincoln County, New Mexico an abandoned village; Placitas, Sandoval County, New Mexico, a census-designated place; Placitas, Sierra County, New Mexico, the northern or eastern terminus of the NM 142
Since New Mexico obtained statehood in 1912, Sandoval county has been remarkably accurate in predicting the winner of each presidential race. The only elections where Sandoval County failed to back the overall winner were in 1912 (Theodore Roosevelt won the state on the Bull Moose ticket), 1944, 1968, 2016, and 2024.
Sandia Cave, also called the Sandia Man Cave, is an archaeological site near Bernalillo, New Mexico, within Cibola National Forest. First discovered and excavated in the 1930s, the site exhibits purported evidence of human use from 9,000 to 11,000 years ago. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. [2]
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Placitas is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 576 as of the 2010 census . [ 1 ] The community is along the western border of Hatch .
Placitas is a populated place in Montecello Canyon just southeast of Monticello on Highway 142 in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. The elevation of Placitas is 5,204 feet. [ 1 ] It has a population of 576 as of 2020.