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Fire and Rescue ............................................................................
Burn Line .........................................................................................
District Court .................................................................................
Landll..............................................................................................
Library Services ............................................................................
Magistrate Court .........................................................................
Motor Vehicle Division ..............................................................
Municipal Court ...........................................................................
Planning & Zoning ......................................................................
Police Department ......................................................................
Recreation Center ........................................................................
Senior Center .................................................................................
Town Clerk ......................................................................................
Cuba Jemez Springs Building Inspector ........................................................................
LAND AREA
(in square miles) 4.8
POPULATION
2016 estimate 380
EDUCATION
Cuba Public School District
GOVERNMENT
Mayor and Village trustees, appointed by
local election every two years. The Council
of Trustees meets the second Wednesday
of each month at 6 p.m.
Humans have probably inhabited the Jemez Valley since 2,500 B.C.
TRUSTEES The name "Jemez" is from the Native American Tanoan dialect in
David Ryan which it has the form hay mish, or "people."
San Jose de Guisewa, just north of Jemez Springs, is one of the
Manolito Sanchez most important mission churches built between 1620 and 1621.
Roger Sweet Guisewa means “place of boiling water,” and was one of the largest
Pamela Grider, Mayor Pro Tem of the area Jemez pueblos. It was abandoned in 1630 and destroyed
in the Pueblo Rebellion of 1680.
Robert Wilson, Mayor Gradually, the Jemez people moved to the Pueblo of Jemez, called
Walatowa in the Towa language of the Jemez.
Jemez Springs was incorporated as a village in 1955, and tele-
phone service arrived in 1964. During the 1970s, the valley
An estimated 1 million visitors visit acquired a medical clinic, library building, and emergency
the area annually via State Highway services.
4. Natural mineral hot springs, scenic
views, hiking trails, campgrounds, Who to Call
fishing and remnants of ancient
villages are accessible from Jemez Fire and Rescue Department (Volunteer) ........................... (575) 829-3131
Springs.
Municipal Court ........................................................................... (575) 829-3858
Visit the Jemez National Historic Municipal Oce ........................................................................... (575) 829-3540
Landmark, free to New Mexico Police Department ...................................................................... (575) 829-3345
residents on the first Sunday of each Public Library ................................................................................ (575) 829-9155
month. At the Walatowa Visitor
Center, schedule a guided 1.5 mile Waste Management ................................................................... (575) 829-4203
hike in the Jemez Red Rock to learn
about the history and culture of the
Jemez People.
The Village of Jemez Springs
80 Jemez Springs Plaza Jemez Springs, NM 87025
(575) 829-3540 FAX: (575) 829-3339
www.jemezsprings-nm.gov
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