Editing Torreon, Torrance County, New Mexico

{{short description|Census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States}}
{{About|the census-designated plance in [[Torrance County]]|other uses|Torreon (disambiguation)}}
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'''Torreon''' is a farming community<ref name=" Pearce">Pearce, T. M. (1965) "Torreon" ''New Mexico place names; a geographical dictionary'' University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, p. 168, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/420847 OCLC 420847]</ref> and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Torrance County, New Mexico|Torrance County]], [[New Mexico]], United States. The population was 244 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]]. It is part of the [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] [[Albuquerque metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Torreon is located on [[New Mexico State Road 55|NM State Route 55]] on the eastern slopes of the [[Manzano Mountains]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 8.3&nbsp;square miles (21.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==History==
Torreon is built on the site of an old [[Piro Pueblo|Piro]]<ref name=" Pearce"/> [[pueblo]] one of the more northern of the [[Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument|Salinas pueblos]].<ref name=" Pearce"/> The Piro site was occupied prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, but became part of the Salinas District, a group of [[Spanish missions in New Mexico|mission towns]] on the east side of the [[Manzano Mountains]].  As the [[Apache]] moved south along the edge of the [[Rocky Mountains]] in the mid-17th century these missions had to become more defensible.  However, by 1677 the Torreon site had been abandoned.

Torreon was resettled in the Spring of 1841 by Nino Antonio Montoya and twenty-six other farmers under a grant from the Prefect of the Central District of New Mexico.<ref name=" Pearce"/>  The Torreon Grant was named after the defensive towers<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ukQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA496 Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (1911) ''The Leading Facts of New Mexican History'' Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, p. 496] [http://worldcat.org/oclc/3828708 OCLC 3828708]</ref> built at [[Manzano, New Mexico|Manzano]] 6.6 miles to the south, and consisted of an area approximately three miles east–west by six miles north–south. Apache raids remained a serious problem until after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and the appointment of [[Edward Hatch]] as New Mexico Military District commander.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 244 people, 93 households, and 66 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|29.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 139 housing units at an average density of 16.7 per square mile (6.5/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.41% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.82% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.23% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 18.85% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.92% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 68.85% of the population.

There were 93 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $45,750. Males had a median income of $35,375 versus $12,188 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $12,349. About 12.9% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.4% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==See also==
{{portal|New Mexico}}
* [[List of census-designated places in New Mexico]]

==References==
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==External links==
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