Las Trampas, New Mexico

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Las Trampas Historic District
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U.S. National Historic Landmark District
View of the Las Trampas Historic District.
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Location	On State Road 76, Las Trampas, Taos County, New Mexico
Coordinates	36°7′57″N 105°45′48″W / 36.13250°N 105.76333°W / 36.13250; -105.76333Coordinates: 36°7′57″N 105°45′48″W / 36.13250°N 105.76333°W / 36.13250; -105.76333
Built	1850
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial, Other
NRHP Reference #	67000007
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1967^[1]
Designated NHLD	May 28, 1967^[2]

Las Trampas or Trampas (Spanish, "traps") is a small unincorporated town in Taos County, northern New Mexico, the Southwestern United States.

Geography

Las Trampas is located on the scenic High Road to Taos (New Mexico State Road 76) in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it is approximately halfway between Santa Fe to the south and Taos to the north.

The town has a post office, with the ZIP code 87576; the US Postal Service prefers the name "Trampas".^[3] No ZIP Code Tabulation Area information for 87576 is available from Census 2000.

View of Trampas and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 1943.

Founded in 1751 by twelve Spanish families from Santa Fe, the town is known for the San José de Gracia Church, built between 1760 and 1776 and considered a model of the adobe colonial Spanish missions in New Mexico. The church was once used by Los Hermanos Penitentes, a flagellant Catholic order founded in Spanish era Santa Fe de Nuevo México.

The Las Trampas Historic District was established by the National Park Service (NPS) in 1967.^[2]^[4] The San José de Gracia Church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is on the National Register of Historic Places in Taos County, New Mexico.

San José de Gracia Church.
Congregation leaving after mass at San José de Gracia Church (1943).
View of Santa Fe Baldy, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, from near Las Trampas.

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Municipalities and communities of Taos County, New Mexico, United States

County seat: Taos

Towns	Red River Taos

Villages	Questa Taos Ski Valley

CDPs	Arroyo Hondo Arroyo Seco Chamisal Costilla Peñasco Picuris Pueblo Ranchos de Taos Rio Lucio San Cristobal Talpa Taos Pueblo Vadito

Other unincorporated communities	Amalia Cañoncito Carson Cerro El Prado El Rito Las Trampas Llano No Agua Ojo Caliente Pilar Tres Piedras Valdez

Indian reservation	Taos Pueblo

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