Llano, New Mexico

Llano, also known as Llano de San Juan is an unincorporated community located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on New Mexico State Road 73, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of Peñasco. Llano is located on the Las Trampas Land Grant which dates back to 1751. It was founded in 1796 after governor Fernando Chacon gave permission for settlement in the valley. A post office was operated from 1898 to 1914, and was then reestablished in 1925.^[3]

Llano
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°08′24″N 105°40′54″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Taos
Elevation [1]	8,075 ft (2,461 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	87543[2]
Area code	575
GNIS feature ID	908081[1]

Llano is located about two miles from the scenic High Road to Taos in the valley of the Rio Santa Barbara on the western side of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

Gallery

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  The Catholic Church in Llano.
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  Llano c. 1930s
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  School children in Llano, 1940s
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  The hamlet of Rodarte, New Mexico, one mile from Llano, August 1940.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Llano, New Mexico
2. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 29, 2014.
3. Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 205. ISBN 0826316891.