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Summary for Rio Communities North

Although we found mention of Rio Communities North during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

About Rio Communities North (Click for our profile page)

Located in: Valencia County (see below)

Time Zone: Rio Communities North lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT)

Telephone Area Code: 505

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<2>

Lat: 34.730500° (or 34°43'49" N)

Lon: -106.686100° (or -106°41'9" W)

About Valencia County

The community of Los Lunas is the County Seat for {Valencia County}.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Valencia)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	76,688 (0.15% decrease since 2010)
2010	76,800 (16.1% increase since 2000)
2000:	66,152

Total Area:<4> 1,068 sq. miles [2,766.9 km²]

Housing Units: <5> 30,085

Official Website: https://www.co.valencia.nm.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Valencia

GNIS ID: 933052

FIPS State / County Code: 35 / 061

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Rio Communities North)

About New Mexico

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	2,099,634 (1.96% increase since 2010)
2010:	2,059,179 (13.2% increase since 2000)
2000:	1,819,046

Websites for State of New Mexico

Official Website: https://www.nm.gov/

Tourism: https://www.newmexico.org/

Parks: https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/

Fishing: https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/fishing/licenses-permits/

Hunting: https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of New Mexico

GNIS ID: 897535

FIPS State: 35

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Rio Communities North)

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Rio Communities North and then turned west". While Rio Communities North could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Rio Communities North as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Rio Communities North could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another New Mexico community named Rio Communities North.
<2>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Rio Communities North, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Rio Communities North. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).