Carson
Carson is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Named after frontiersman and Taos resident Kit Carson, Carson was founded c.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Also known as: “Carson, New Mexico” and “Carson, NM”
- Postal code: 87517
Carson
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.36447° or 36° 21′ 52″ northLongitude
-105.76529° or 105° 45′ 55″ westElevation
6,847 feet (2,087 metres)Open location code
858P967M+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 151687386OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Navajo—“Carson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡森 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “卡森”
- French: “Carson”
- Irish: “Carson”
- Navajo: “Hanáádlį́ (Tówoł Eʼeʼaahjígo)”
- Navajo: “Hanáádlį́”
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