Seboyeta, New Mexico
| Seboyeta, New Mexico | |
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| Census-designated place | |
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Exterior view of a church at Cibolleta, New Mexico, ca.1898
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| Coordinates: 35°12′04″N 107°23′21″W / 35.20111°N 107.38917°WCoordinates: 35°12′04″N 107°23′21″W / 35.20111°N 107.38917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Cibola |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.518 sq mi (29.83 km2) |
| • Land | 11.509 sq mi (29.81 km2) |
| • Water | 0.009 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,394 ft (1,949 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 179 |
| • Density | 16/sq mi (6.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 87014 |
| Area code(s) | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 923688 |
Seboyeta is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 179 as of the 2010 census. Seboyeta had a post office from February 5, 1885, to January 7, 1995.
In 1746, Padre Juan Menchero persuaded several hundred members of the Navajo Tribe to settle at Cebolleta. A mission was established for the purpose of converting the Navajo to Christianity. The community was formally established in 1749, under the name of "Cebolleta", a word meaning "little onion." It was named for the nearby Cebolleta Mountains, now called the San Mateo Mountains. But in 1750, the Navajo rejected the efforts and returned to their own lands.
On January 23, 1800, Governor Fernando Chacon granted a request by Francisco Aragon and twenty-nine others who wished to settle at Cebolleta and establish a town there. Chacon ordered Alcalde Jose Manuel Aragon of the Pueblo of Laguna to formally transfer the approved area to the receivers of the grant. As New Mexico was still under the control of Spain, and the Alcalde was appointed by the Spanish king, this order had the force of a royal command.
The colonists had been granted an area bordered “On the north, by the San Mateo Mountains; on the east, by the Zia Road and Pedro Padilla Valley; on the south, by the Mesa del Bagilan, which adjoins the Paquate ranch; and on the west, by the San Mateo Mountains.”
In 1801, the Navajo returned, believing the land to be theirs, and forced the colonists to leave. They fled to Chihuahua, in New Spain.
In 1803, the colonists were forced by the Spanish government to return to Cebolleta and ordered to remain there under penalty of death. They had accepted a grant from the Spanish king and no legal right to abandon it.
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