Totavi, New Mexico

Totavi
Unincorporated community
Totavi is located in New Mexico
Totavi
Totavi
Location within New Mexico
Totavi is located in the United States
Totavi
Totavi
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 35°52′28″N 106°10′47″W / 35.87444°N 106.17972°W / 35.87444; -106.17972
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountySanta Fe
Elevation
5,781 ft (1,762 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87506
GNIS feature ID918386[1]

Totavi is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States along New Mexico Highway 502.[1] It is the location of a Tewa Market & Fuel, operated by San Ildefonso Services, LLC, the only buildings in the community.[2]

History

Totavi (Tewa, "quail") was founded in 1948 as a trailer park for construction workers expanding the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory and the adjoining townsite of Los Alamos, with a post office from that date until 1953.[3][4][5] The former gravel excavation facility at Totavi supplied gravel and was the staging location of construction of the "Road to Los Alamos" during development of the Manhattan Project during World War II and eventually, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to the Pueblo of San Ildefonso's enterprise website (https://tewamarkets.com/tewa-market-totavi/).

Geography

Totavi Lentil, part of the Puye Formation.

Totavi has an elevation of 5,781 feet (1,762 m) and is located in Bayo Canyon.[1] Located nearby is the Totavi Lentil, part of the Puye Formation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Totavi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Belindo, Yazzie. "Tewa Market * Fuel, at Totavi". Tewa Markets. Retrieved May 23, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Pearce, T.M., editor, New Mexico Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary, University of New Mexico Press 1965. ISBN 0-8263-0082-0
  4. ↑ Scott, Gordon. "Totavi". Ghost Towns. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Totavi Post Office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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