Foreclosure Homes in Hernandez, NM

Hernandez is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Hernandez is about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Española on highway US 84 / US 285.

Within the unincorporated community is the built-up census-designated place (CDP) of Hernandez, with an area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²). The Hernandez CDP had a population of 946 in the 2010 census,

The entire Hernandez area 55 square miles (140 km²) has the ZIP code 87537, pointing to ZIP Code Tabulation Area 87537 (ZCTA), with a population of 2,957 in the 2010 U.S. census. The racial makeup of the Hernandez ZCTA was 58.4% White, 0.4% African American, 2.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 35.3% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 88.9% of the population.

Hernandez is best known as the subject of a 1941 Ansel Adams photograph, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.

Education

Hernandez has one Elementary school, part of the Espanola Public Schools system:

• Hernandez Elementary

In popular culture

Despite its small population and unincorporated status, Hernandez became well known as the site of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams, late in the afternoon on November 1, 1941, from a shoulder of highway US 84 / US 285.