ARMIJO

NAME: ARMIJO COUNTY: BERNALILLO ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Weather is no problem BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS: ARMIJO. Settlement 3 mi S of Albuquerque , on NM 85. REMAINS: Remains of residences from 1693.

ARMIJO. Jose de Armijo, a native of Zacatecas, came ot NM in May 1693 with his wife, Catalina Duran, and four grown sons. One of his grandsons settled in the Rio Abajo area, and there hius many descendants intermarried with the propserous families of Atrisco. A cluster of these Armijo families gave the name to this place S of Atrisco on W bank of the Rio Grande. Post Office 1883/ 1886; changed to Old Albuquerque; Armijo, 1906, intermittently, to 1936. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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