Arroyo Seco is an unincorporated community in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. Arroyo Seco's economy is based on tourism and services to residents of retirement and vacation homes.
Arroyo Seco has a post office, with the ZIP code 87514. The 87514 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 1,310 at the 2000 census, with 996 housing units, a land area of 53.63 sq. miles, a water area of 0.05 sq. miles, and a population density of 24.43 people per sq. mile at Census 2000. Arroyo Secos's elevation is 7,634 feet.[1]
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Arroyo Seco was settled in 1804, on a Spanish land grant made on October 7, 1745. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity was completed in 1834, and has recently been restored. [2]
Arroyo Seco's annual Fourth of July parade is locally popular.
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