Embudo, New Mexico

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Coordinates: 36°12′47″N, 105°55′30″W Embudo is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, situated along NM Highway 68 2.9 miles south of the intersection of NM Highway 75 , where the Embudo River flows into the Rio Grande.

The town originally called Embudo (San Antonio de Embudo) was located 2 miles up the Embudo River and is now called Dixon. Embudo was founded in 1881 when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad opened a depot at the new location, and for a while both communities bore the same name.[1] At first the post office for both towns was in Embudo (1881-1902), but in 1900 San Antonio de Embudo was to get a post office, so they changed its name to Dixon. Embudo lost its post office when the Dixon post office opened in 1902. In 1905 Embudo again got a post office only to lose it 1909. However, since 1914 Embudo has had its own post office.[1]

There is a wooden bridge across the Rio Grande that leads to The "Embudo Historic District" which consists of the old railway depot and associated buildings. There is a gauging station at Embudo to measure the flow of the Rio Grande. It was the first United States Geological Survey stream-gauging station and was established by John Wesley Powell in 1888. Embudo was also the first United States Geological Survey training center for hydrographers.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Julyan, Robert Hixson (1998) "Embudo" The place names of New Mexico (2nd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, p. 123, ISBN 0-8263-1688-3
  2. ^ "Embudo Stream-Gauging Station (Established in 1888)" New Mexico Historic Markers

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