Country United States County Rio Arriba GNIS feature ID 905338 Area 4.318 km² Population 414 (2010) Area code 505 | State New Mexico Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) Elevation 2,120 m Zip code 87523 Local time Monday 2:09 AM | |
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Cordova is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
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Map of Cordova, NM 87523, USA
The village lies a short distance off the "High Road to Taos, NM State Road 76, between Chimayo and Truchas.
Its population was 414 as of the 2010 census. Cordova has a post office with ZIP code 87523, which opened on March 26, 1900. Cordova is well known for wood carvers.
Cordova was the scene of a serigraph completed 1946-1947 on wove paper, "Street in Cordova, New Mexico" made by noted Oregon born printmaker Norma Bassett Hall (d. 1957) Size 8.875 x 11.5 in. Held in 2015 by the Lockhart Family Collection. It features a view up to the Pecos mountains from a street scene containing a narrow adobe dwelling lined street, three adults and a child, and the rear and steeple of the church. The scene is awash in light with predominant beige and white tones.
Pop culture
Great States, an American alternative rock band, has a song entitled "Cordova, NM" on their debut album, Gatsby.