Pottery Mound

Pottery Mound was a late prehistoric village on the bank of the Rio Puerco, west of Los Lunas, New Mexico. It was an adobe pueblo most likely occupied between 1350 and 1500.

Type: former settlement
Description: 1350-1500 pueblo on the bank of the Rio Puerco, west of Los Lunas, New Mexico
Also known as: “LA 416”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Los Lunas station and Century High School.

Los Lunas station

Railway station

Photo: PerryPlanet, Public domain.

Los Lunas is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Los Lunas, New Mexico, at the intersection of Highway 314 and Courthouse Road. Los Lunas station is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Pottery Mound.

Century High School

School

Century High School is an alternative high school for the Los Lunas Public Schools in Los Lunas, New Mexico. Century High School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pottery Mound.

Central New Mexico Correctional Facility

Prison

The Central New Mexico Correctional Facility minimum and medium-security prison in Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States. Built in 1980, CNMCF has an inmate capacity of more than 1,050, it houses level 1, level 2, and level 3 inmates. Central New Mexico Correctional Facility is situated 2 miles southwest of Pottery Mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Lunas and Valencia.

Los Lunas

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Los Lunas is a village in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village has a population of 17,242. It is the county seat of Valencia County. Los Lunas is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

Valencia

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Valencia is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,192 according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Valencia is situated 2 miles east of Pottery Mound.

Peralta

Town

Photo: Cathy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peralta is a town in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Prior to its incorporation on July 1, 2007, it was a census-designated place. As of the 2020 census, Peralta had a population of 3,342. Peralta is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Peralta is situated 3 miles northeast of Pottery Mound.

Pottery Mound

Location: Valencia, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.80617° or 34° 48′ 22″ north

Longitude

-106.73336° or 106° 44′ 0″ west

Elevation

4,856 feet (1,480 metres)

Open location code

856MR748+FM

GeoNames ID

5485007

Wikidata ID

Q7235327

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