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Talpa, New Mexico
CDP
About Talpa
Talpa is a small unincorporated community in northeastern New Mexico.
Talpa holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.31 square miles.
📰 Talpa News Today
- Human remains found southeast of Taos identified as missing LANL worker Santa Fe New Mexican · May 30
- New Mexico identifies remains of nuclear lab employee missing for a year theguardian.com · Jun 1
- Missing staffer at high-security federal research lab in New Mexico found dead KTLA · Jun 2
- Missing Mom, 53, Found Dead 1 Year After Vanishing When She Was Dropping Lunch Off to Her Daughter People.com · Jun 1
- Taos, New Mexico, woman Melissa Casias last seen walking eastbound on a highway in Talpa on June 26 NBC News · Jul 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Talpa Unique
- The only place in America named Talpa — 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 northeastern 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 9 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Talpa
- Cantonment Burgwin-1852-1860 Historical Marker reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNew Mexico
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.31 sq mi
Coordinates36.3402, -105.5922