Tularosa
| Tularosa | |||
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| Nickname : City of Roses | |||
 Church Saint Francis de Paula |
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| Location in New Mexico | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1863 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Mexico | ||
| County : | Otero County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 5 ′ N , 106 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,943 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 545 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.4 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 1374 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 88352 | ||
| Area code : | +1 575 | ||
| FIPS : | 35-79980 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0899964 | ||
| Website : | www.villageoftularosa.com | ||
| Mayor : | Ray S. Cordova | ||
 Library in Tularosa |
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Tularosa is a community in Otero County in the US state of New Mexico .
geography
The administrative center of Alamogordo is located 15 kilometers north of Tularosa . About 110 kilometers to the southwest is Las Cruces . The connecting road US Highway 54 reaches the town from the north and meets the US Highway 70 coming from the east . Together they then run south. To the east are the Sacramento Mountains .
history
Tularosa owes its name to Spanish settlers who wandered through barren desert areas looking for drinking water. When they found the pond rush species Schoenoplectus acutus , which is known in Spanish as Tule and has reddish-brown to pink (Spanish also pink ) flowers, they settled there and named the place Tularosa . Since pink also means "rose" in Spanish, the place, which actually likes to adorn itself with blooming roses, is now sometimes called the City of Roses and hosts a rose festival every year in May ( Rose Festival ). The official establishment as the Village of Tularosa took place in 1863. In the following period the community grew and architecturally valuable houses were built. In 1979 the Tularosa Original Townsite District with the Saint Francis de Paula Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Today, following an old tradition, Tularosa is still known for the production of adobe and is also an active tourist base for tours to the nearby White Sands National Monument .
Demographics
In 2012 a population of 2943 people was determined, which means an increase of 2.8% compared to 2000. The mean age of the residents in 2012 was 42.8 years, slightly below the mean of New Mexico, which was 45.5 years.
59.3% of today's residents are of Hispanic and 2.7% of Indian origin. Other immigrant groups during the early days of the city came from England ( 8.5%) and Germany (8.2%).
sons and daughters of the town
- Jan Clayton (1917–1983), actress
- Kim Stanley (1925-2001), actress
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ History I.
- ↑ History II ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ city data Tularosa
