Santa Teresa, New Mexico

About Santa Teresa

Santa Teresa is a small unincorporated community in southern New Mexico.

Santa Teresa holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 8.85 square miles.

📰 Santa Teresa News Today

• Oracle to consider delivering natural gas by truck to Project Jupiter Organ Mountain News · Oct 10
• Mexican cattle cross into New Mexico again after screwworm shutdown El Paso Times · Sep 24
• New Mexico Supreme Court halts water use from Project Jupiter well in Santa Teresa KFOX · Aug 24
• Another Gate Opens: Santa Teresa, N.M., Livestock Port Resumes Trade Drovers Magazine · Sep 25
• Current Status of New World Screwworm | Screwworm.gov Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (.gov) · Oct 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest New Mexico headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Santa Teresa Unique

• The only place in America named Santa Teresa — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• War Eagles Air Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Santa Teresa

• SANTA TERESA ELEMENTARY
• SANTA TERESA HIGH
• SANTA TERESA MIDDLE

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Peak Behavioral Health Services, Llc · Psychiatric

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Santa Teresa

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