Tularosa, New Mexico
| Tularosa, New Mexico | |
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Tularosa Public Library
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| Motto: "City of Roses" | |
 Location of Tularosa, New Mexico |
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 Tularosa, New Mexico
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| Coordinates: 33°4′35″N 106°1′18″W / 33.07639°N 106.02167°WCoordinates: 33°4′35″N 106°1′18″W / 33.07639°N 106.02167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Otero |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ray Cordova |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,508 ft (1,374 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 2,864 |
| • Density | 1,363.2/sq mi (526.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 88352 |
| Area code(s) | Area code 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-79980 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0899964 |
| Website | http://www.villageoftularosa.com |
Tularosa is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It shares its name with the Tularosa Basin, in which the town is located. To the east, Tularosa is flanked by the western edge of the Sacramento Mountains. The population was 2,864 at the 2000 census. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the town, north of the much larger Alamogordo, experienced moderate growth and construction as a bedroom community, especially in the housing industry. Tularosa is noted for its abundance of cottonwood shade trees and its efforts to preserve the adobe-style architecture of its past.
Tularosa gets its name from the Spanish description for the red or rose colored reeds growing along the banks of the Rio Tularosa. The Rio Tularosa, which still exists along the north side of the village, attracted the original settlers as a water source in the desert. Settlers attempted to establish a settlement in 1860 but were unsuccessful due to Apache raids. Two years later, after a battle at nearby Round Mountain, Hispanic farmers from the Rio Grande valley succeeded in settling the area. The Mission Church, St Francis de Paula was built to honor a promise made to St Francis that if no one was killed in the battle at Round Mountain, the townspeople would build a church dedicated to him. In 1863, the Town of Tularosa was formally established and was mapped with 49 blocks and water rights distributed and recorded.
The original acequia (ditch irrigation system) remains virtually unchanged and provides the water for the trees lining the streets, private gardens, and landscaping that give Tularosa its unique character.
In 1979, the Tularosa Original Townsite District, consisting of the original 49 blocks on 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) including 182 buildings, was declared a historic district and recorded in the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2008 Tularosa became an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. The local program, Keep Tularosa Beautiful, received a grant in 2008 of $10,000 for beautification projects from Waste Management, Inc.
Tularosa is located at 33°4′35″N 106°1′18″W / 33.07639°N 106.02167°W (33.076282, -106.021699).
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