Cañones

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Cañones

Total population

57

Median home value

$658,300

17.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$103,625

Cañones$104k

National$74k

Weather67°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Coordinates36.18°, -106.42°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cañones is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cañones had a population of 85. Cañones had a post office until it closed on January 3, 2002.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cañones, NM from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Antonio José Martínez

New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician (1793-1867)

Francisco Antonio Manzanares

American politician (1843-1904)

José Manuel Gallegos

American politician (1815-1875)

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Antonio Armijo

Spanish explorer

Julian A. Chavez

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Mexico

• Abiquiu
  5.6 mi away
• Youngsville
  8.3 mi away
• El Rito
  17.4 mi away · pop. 1,102
• El Duende
  17.8 mi away
• Hernandez
  18.7 mi away
• Pueblito
  20.2 mi away
• Los Alamos
  20.8 mi away
• Alcalde
  21.1 mi away
• Canjilon
  21.2 mi away
• Los Luceros
  21.7 mi away
• Ohkay Owingeh
  22.7 mi away
• Santa Clara Pueblo
  22.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cañones

The significance of the dated prehistory of Chetro Ketl, Chaco Cañon, New Mexico

Florence Hawley Ellis · 1934

Human effigy vases from Chaco Cañon, New Mexico

George H. Pepper

Cañones, values, crisis, and survival in a northern New Mexico village

Paul Kutsche · 1981

Letter from the acting Secretary of the interior

United States. Surveyor General of New Mexico · 1887

Berger's tourists' guide to New Mexico

William M. Berger · 1883

Investigations of the benthic fauna of Canõn de Marquez, McKinley County, New Mexico

Lynn B Starnes · 1983

Land claim in New Mexico ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Private Land Claims · 1880

The San Joaquin Cañon del Rio Chama land grant

Christopher Chase · 1980

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Frijoles, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 37 mi
• Wildfire Rio Blanco, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-07-28 · 73 mi
• Wildfire Swiss Roll, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 86 mi
• Wildfire Rayado Mesa, Colfax, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 88 mi
• Wildfire WHISKEY, Torrance, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 103 mi
• Wildfire LAUGHLIN, Colfax, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 112 mi
• Wildfire 4V, San Miguel, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 127 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 127 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).