Southwest
New Mexico
Doña Ana County

Mesilla

Mesilla is a town in , , United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: Village with 1,860 residents
  • Description: town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “La Mesilla”, “Mesilla, New Mexico”, “Mesilla, NM”, and “Old Mesilla”
  • Postal code: 88046

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of San Albino and Las Cruces High School.

Church
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The , formerly known as San Albino Church of Mesilla, is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces and is located in Mesilla, New Mexico.

School
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is a public high school in , United States. LCHS was established in 1918 and is the oldest public high school in Las Cruces. is situated 2 miles northeast of Mesilla.

Office building
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is a high-rise building located on 506 Main Street in . It opened in 1962 and was originally planned to be only 7 stories tall. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Mesilla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mesilla Park and University Park.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood located on the south side of , United States. Residents of Mesilla founded the community through a land company in 1887, shortly after Las Cruces became the county seat of . is situated 1½ miles east of Mesilla.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 4,192 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 3 miles east of Mesilla.

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is a city in . The name means "the crosses" in Spanish. It is the state's second largest city, with a population of over 111,000, and is the site of New Mexico State University.

Mesilla

Latitude
32.27412° or 32° 16′ 27″ north
Longitude
-106.79521° or 106° 47′ 43″ west
Population
1,860
Elevation
3,881 feet (1,183 metres)
Open location code
854M76F3+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5469437390
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5478971
Wiki­data ID
Q2059659
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mesilla” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميسيلا”
  • Basque: “Mesilla”
  • Catalan: “Mesilla”
  • Cebuano: “Mesilla”
  • Chechen: “Месилла”
  • Chinese: “Mesilla”
  • Chinese: “梅西亞”
  • Chinese: “梅西拉”
  • Chinese: “美西拉”
  • Croatian: “Mesilla, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Mesilla”
  • Dutch: “Mesilla”
  • French: “Mesilla”
  • German: “Mesilla”
  • Gilaki: “مسیا”
  • Hungarian: “Mesilla”
  • Italian: “Mesilla”
  • Japanese: “メシーリャ”
  • Japanese: “メシラ”
  • Ladin: “Mesilla”
  • Mazanderani: “مسیلا (نیومکزیکو)”
  • Mazanderani: “مسیلا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mesilla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mesilla”
  • Persian: “مسیلا، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “مسیلا”
  • Persian: “ولنشیا”
  • Polish: “Mesilla”
  • Portuguese: “Mesilla”
  • Serbian: “Месила (Нови Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Месила”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mesilla, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mesilla”
  • Slovenian: “Mesilla”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مسیلا، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Mesilla (Nuevo México)”
  • Spanish: “Mesilla”
  • Tatar: “Месилла”
  • Ukrainian: “Месілла”
  • Veps: “Mesill”
  • Volapük: “Mesilla”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mesilla, New Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mesilla”
  • Welsh: “Mesilla, New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Mesilla”

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