Picacho, Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

Elevation

3,947 ft (1,203 m)

Picacho
Census-designated place
Butterfield Station site at Picacho
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Coordinates: 32°19′42″N 106°51′20″W / 32.32833°N 106.85556°W / 32.32833; -106.85556
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Doña Ana
Elevation	3,947 ft (1,203 m)

Picacho is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It lies at an elevation of 3,947 feet (1,203 m).^[1]

Picacho de los Nevarez

The village of Picacho was originally settled in 1855 by a group of settlers from Socorro, New Mexico, led by Candelaro Chavez. The original name of the village was Picacho de los Nevarez, derived from Picacho Mountain, which was named after the Nevarez family.^[2]

Picacho Station

Picacho was the site of Picacho Station, a stagecoach station of the 4th Division of the Butterfield Overland Mail from 1858 to 1861. Located in the village, it was about 6 miles west and north of Mesilla, New Mexico and 15 miles east of Rough and Ready Station. The route passed through Picacho Pass before reaching the village.

This station had the last natural water source available on the route westward until Cooke's Spring, 52 miles away. Later stations, including Goodsight Station and Rough and Ready, transported water and constructed earthen tanks to store rainwater.

The site of the station is located at 32°16′23″N 106°47′40″W / 32.27306°N 106.79444°W / 32.27306; -106.79444.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Picacho
↑ Julyan, Robert, Place Names of New Mexico; University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1998.
↑ Hackler, George, The Butterfield Trail in New Mexico; Yucca Enterprises, Las Cruces, NM, 2005.

32°19′42″N 106°51′20″W / 32.32833°N 106.85556°W / 32.32833; -106.85556

v t e Municipalities and communities of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
County seat: Las Cruces
Cities	Anthony Las Cruces Sunland Park	Map of New Mexico highlighting Doña Ana County
Town	Mesilla
Village	Hatch
CDPs	Berino Butterfield Park Chamberino Chaparral Doña Ana Fairacres Garfield La Mesa La Union Mesquite Organ Picacho Picacho Hills Placitas Radium Springs Rincon Rodey Salem San Miguel San Pablo San Ysidro Santa Teresa Tortugas Pueblo University Park Vado White Sands
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v t e Butterfield Overland Mail 4th Division Stations
Seneca Spring (Cienaga Spring) San Pedro Dragoon Springs Ewell Apache Pass San Simon Stein's Peak Mexican Springs (Barney's) Soldiers Farewell Ojo de Vaca Miembre's River (Rio Mimbres, Mowry City) Cooke's Spring Goodsight Rough and Ready Pichaco Mesilla Fort Fillmore Cottonwoods Franklin

Picacho Station

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