Rodeo, New Mexico

Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
31°50′23″N 109°01′36″W / 31.83972°N 109.02667°W / 31.83972; -109.02667[1]CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCountyHidalgoArea • Total8.19 sq mi (21.22 km2) • Land8.19 sq mi (21.22 km2) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)Elevation4,124 ft (1,257 m)Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total108 • Density13.18/sq mi (5.09/km2)ZIP Code
88056
Area code575FIPS code35-64370GNIS feature ID2584194[1]Websitewww.hidalgocounty.org

Rodeo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.[1] It lies less than one mile (1.6 km) from the border with Arizona on New Mexico State Road 80. As of the 2010 census, the population of Rodeo was 101.[4]

History

Founded in 1902 as a rail stop on the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad line running from Bisbee, Arizona to El Paso, Texas, it became the center for cattle shipping in the San Simon Valley. The toponym Rodeo originated as Spanish rodeo, meaning "roundup" or "enclosure", or more specifically "place where cattle are gathered" (Sitio donde se reúne el ganado),[5][6] derived from the Spanish verb rodear meaning "to surround, encircle".[7] The El Paso and Southwestern railroad runs east across the southern part of the state and after passing through Antelope Pass turns south to Rodeo continuing to Douglas, Arizona, and then north to Bisbee, going around the Chiricahua Mountains.

Geography

Rodeo is in western Hidalgo County, bordering the state of Arizona. New Mexico Highway 80 leads north 30 miles (48 km) to Interstate 10 at Road Forks and southwest 2 miles (3 km) to the state line, continuing as Arizona State Route 80 southwest another 48 miles (77 km) to Douglas, Arizona. Lordsburg, the Hidalgo County seat, is 47 miles (76 km) to the northeast via Highway 80 and I-10.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rodeo CDP has an area of 8.2 square miles (21.2 km2), all land.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020108—
U.S. Decennial Census[8][3]

See also

  • flagNew Mexico portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rodeo, New Mexico
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Rodeo CDP, New Mexico". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "rodeo, Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española". Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rodeo: English Spanish Translation | Traductor ingles español". Spanishdict.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  7. ^ "Rodear: English Spanish Translation | Traductor ingles español". Spanishdict.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

Further reading

  • Julyan, Robert Hixson (1996). The place names of New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.
  • Gomez, M.E. (JR.) (2009). The Other Rodeo. published by Talbotland Inc. p. 146.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rodeo, New Mexico.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Municipalities and communities of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States
County seat: Lordsburg
City
Map of New Mexico highlighting Hidalgo County
Village
CDPs
Other
communities
Ghost towns
  • New Mexico portal
  • United States portal