Hernandez is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Hernandez is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Española on highway US 84 / US 285.
Hernandez | |
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Unincorporated community and CDP | |
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  Hernandez | |
| Coordinates: 36°03′26″N 106°07′30″W / 36.05722°N 106.12500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Rio Arriba |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,719 ft (1,743 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 946 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 87537 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584109[1] |
Geography
editWithin the unincorporated community is the built-up CDP of Hernandez, with an area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2).[2] The Hernandez CDP had a population of 946 in the 2010 census,[3]
The entire Hernandez area (55 square miles (140 km2)) has the ZIP code 87537,[4] pointing to ZIP Code Tabulation Area 87537 (ZCTA), with a population of 2,957 in the 2010 U.S. census.[5]
Demographics
editThe racial makeup of the Hernandez ZCTA was 58.4% White, 0.4% African American, 2.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 35.3% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races.[6] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 88.9% of the population.[6]
Education
editIt is in Española Public Schools.[7] Hernandez has one elementary school, Hernandez Elementary. The comprehensive public high school is Española Valley High School.
In popular culture
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Hernandez became well known as the site of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams, late in the afternoon on November 1, 1941,[8] from a shoulder of highway US 84 / US 285.[9] The fame of Hernandez grew when an escalation in the market value of photographic works was launched in 1971, when a 1948 print of this image of Hernandez sold at auction "for the then-unheard-of price of $71,500" ($537,900 today), with that same copy selling in 2006 for $609,600 ($921,300 today) at a Sotheby's New York auction.[10]
In 1931, Georgia O'Keeffe visited the community and completed her painting Another Church, Hernandez, New Mexico, showing the front and partial interior of an adobe church in the community.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hernandez, New Mexico
- ^ "Hernandez, NM Profile: Facts, Map & Data". New Mexico Gazetteer. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Population: 2010 Hernandez CDP, New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Look Up a ZIP Code: Hernandez NM". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Population: 2010 ZCTA5 87637 - Hernandez NM". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 ZCTA5 87637 - Hernandez NM". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Rio Arriba County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Szasz, Ferenc (2006). Larger than life: New Mexico in the twentieth century. UNM Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-8263-3883-6.
- ^ Alinder, Mary Street (1998). Ansel Adams: A Biography. New York: Macmillan. p. 185. ISBN 0-8050-5835-4.
- ^ "Art Market Watch". Artnet. October 27, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Another Church, Hernandez, New Mexico, (painting)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved November 2, 2017.