Jemez Springs, New Mexico

2025-08-18T17:20:23Z

209.189.159.129: I changed the population count from 205 to 198. Following the data from the 2020 United States Census.

{{short description|Village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States}}
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| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total = 198
| population_density_km2 = 15.92
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| timezone = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
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| area_code = [[Area code 575|575]]
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[[File:Jemez Springs, c.1890.jpg|thumb|Jemez Springs, c.1890]]

'''Jemez Springs''' (pronounced HEH-mes) is a village in [[Sandoval County, New Mexico|Sandoval County]], [[New Mexico]], United States. The population was 198 at the [[2020 United States census]] Named for the nearby [[Pueblo of Jemez]],<ref name="placenames" />{{Rp|76}} the village is the site of [[Jemez State Monument]] and the headquarters of the [[Santa Fe National Forest#Jemez Ranger District|Jemez Ranger District]]. The village and nearby locations in the Jemez Valley are the site of hot springs and several religious retreats.

==Geography==
Situated in the [[Jemez Mountains]], Jemez Springs is located entirely within the [[Santa Fe National Forest]]. The village is sited on the [[Jemez River]] in the [[Sandstone|red rock]] San Diego Canyon.<ref name="placenames" />{{Rp|143}} [[NM-4|State Highway 4]] passes through the settlement on the east bank of the Rio Grande tributary. Geothermal springs in and near the village feed the Jemez River. The village has a total area of {{convert|4.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==History==
[[File:Soda Dam on Jemez Creek.jpg|thumb|left|Soda Dam on Jemez Creek, north of Jemez Springs]]
The Jemez Valley is thought to have been inhabited for the last 4500 years. The Spaniards who visited the area beginning in 1540 reported multiple Native American [[pueblo]]s (villages), in the valley. The [[Franciscan]] mission church [[Jemez State Monument|San José de los Jemez]] was built just to the north of the current village in 1621 but was abandoned around the 1640s. Today the ruins are the site of [[Jemez State Monument]]. Following the [[Pueblo Revolt]] the [[Puebloan peoples|Jemez people]] began converging at the current [[Pueblo of Jemez]]. In the nineteenth century the valley was given over to mostly agrarian and pastoral uses.<ref name="jzs">{{cite web|url=http://www.jemezsprings.org/history.html |title=Jemez History |publisher=Jemezsprings.org |access-date=June 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216133755/http://www.jemezsprings.org/history.html |archive-date=February 16, 2010 }}</ref>

Jemez Springs' post office opened in 1907. The village is named for the [[Pueblo of Jemez]] twelve miles to the south.<ref name="placenames">{{cite book|others=Ina Sizer Cassidy, Helen S. Pearce|title=New Mexico Place Names - A geographical dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/newmexicoplacena00pear|url-access=registration|editor=T.M. Pearce|publisher=The University of New Mexico Press|location=Albuquerque|year=1965|edition=third}}</ref>{{Rp|76}} The 1907 post office was preceded by one established in 1884 named ''Archuleta''. The village's current main [[Public bathing|bathhouse]] originates from this period.

In 1942, Jemez Springs was the second choice (after [[Oak City, Utah]]) for the location of the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], the proposed [[Manhattan Project]] research laboratory, but [[Los Alamos, New Mexico|Los Alamos]] was chosen instead.

In 1947 two [[Roman Catholic]] retreats were founded nearby, the [[Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete]] and the Handmaids of the Precious Blood. The village was incorporated on December 5, 1955.<ref name="jzs" /> Following enthusiasm from supporters of [[Kyozan Joshu Sasaki]], the Bodhi Manda Zen Center was founded in 1972.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/us/09zen.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ei=5087&em&en=5fa1ab7fdf22bde9&ex=1197349200|title=A Very Old Zen Master and His Art of Tough Love|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|date=December 9, 2007|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1960= 223
|1970= 356
|1980= 316
|1990= 413
|2000= 375
|2010= 250
|2020= 198
|estyear=2022
|estimate=253
|estref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://population.us/nm/jemez-springs/|title=Jemez Springs, NM population }}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:35&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
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Jemez Springs is in the [[Albuquerque metropolitan area|Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. As of the [[census]]<ref name="2000census">{{cite web |year=2000 |title=United States Census |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Jemez+Springs&_cityTown=Jemez+Springs&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212050334/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Jemez+Springs&_cityTown=Jemez+Springs&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2009 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> of 2000, there were 375 people, 113 households, and 82 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|78.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 149 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 78.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.87% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 12.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 27.47% of the population.

There were 113 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 32.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 72.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 68.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,818, and the median income for a family was $36,042. Males had a median income of $36,964 versus $4,960 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,522. About 13.5% of families and 20.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Since 1990, the population has been on a decline, decreasing from 413 in 1990 to an estimated 253 in 2022.

==Education==
[[Jemez Valley Public Schools]] serves the village of Jemez Springs as well as the surrounding [[Jemez Mountains|Jemez Mountain]] Region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35043_sandoval/DC20SD_C35043.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref>

==Climate==
Jemez Springs has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'').

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|location = Jemez Springs, NM, 1981-2010 normals, extremes 1910-present
|single line = Y
| Jan high F = 47.5
| Feb high F = 51.8
| Mar high F = 59.4
| Apr high F = 67.4
| May high F = 76.7
| Jun high F = 86.7
| Jul high F = 88.8
| Aug high F = 85.9
| Sep high F = 80.0
| Oct high F = 69.3
| Nov high F = 56.3
| Dec high F = 47.2
|year high F =
| Jan low F = 19.5
| Feb low F = 23.0
| Mar low F = 27.9
| Apr low F = 33.7
| May low F = 41.8
| Jun low F = 50.2
| Jul low F = 55.5
| Aug low F = 54.5
| Sep low F = 47.5
| Oct low F = 37.0
| Nov low F = 27.2
| Dec low F = 19.8
|year low F =
|Jan record high F = 68
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 78
|Apr record high F = 85
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 70
|year record high F= 102
|Jan record low F = -18
|Feb record low F = -13
|Mar record low F = -1
|Apr record low F = 10
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 15
|Nov record low F = -7
|Dec record low F = -8
|year record low F= -18
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.16
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.97
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.23
| Apr precipitation inch = 1.02
| May precipitation inch = 0.90
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.95
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.38
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.10
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.98
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.54
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.00
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.21
|year precipitation inch =
|precipitation colour = green
| unit rain days = 0.01 in
| Jan rain days = 5
| Feb rain days = 5
| Mar rain days = 6
| Apr rain days = 5
| May rain days = 5
| Jun rain days = 5
| Jul rain days = 11
| Aug rain days = 12
| Sep rain days = 7
| Oct rain days = 6
| Nov rain days = 5
| Dec rain days = 5
| year rain days =
|source 1 = [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=abq]
}}</div>

==Notable people==
* [[Rudolfo Anaya]], author, had a house there.
* [[Gerald Fitzgerald (priest)|Gerald Fitzgerald]], [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and founder of the religious order The [[Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete]] lived in Jemez Springs.
* [[N. Scott Momaday]] had a retirement home there until 2011.
* Actor [[John Diehl]] and singer [[Julie Christensen]] relocated to Jemez Springs in 2022.

==See also==
{{portal|New Mexico}}
* [[List of municipalities in New Mexico]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Jemez Springs, New Mexico}}
* {{official website|http://www.jemezsprings.org}}
* [http://www.jvps.org/home/ Jemez Valley Public Schools]
* [https://www.jsdwa.org/ Jemez Springs Domestic Water Association]

{{Sandoval County, New Mexico}}

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[[Category:Jemez Mountains]]
[[Category:Villages in Sandoval County, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Villages in New Mexico]]
[[Category:Albuquerque metropolitan area]]

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