Santa Fe is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-most populous city in the state with a population of 87,505 as of the 2020 census, while the Santa Fe metropolitan area has an estimated 158,000 people. The greater Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area includes eight counties in north-central New Mexico with 1.16 million residents. The county seat of Santa Fe County, Santa Fe is situated at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the highest altitude of any U.S. state capital, with an elevation of 6,998 feet.
Southwest
Santa Fe
San Miguel County, NM
Population
87,617
Walk Score
81 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,314
Median home value
$370,600
Founded
1610
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Cochiti Pueblo · listed 1974
- Barrio de Analco Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1968
- Camino del Monte Sol Historic District · listed 1988
- Don Gaspar Historic District · listed 1983
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas · listed 2022
- Fairview Cemetery · listed 2005
- Hyde Memorial State Park · listed 2021
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary · listed 2024
- Las Acequias · listed 2008
- Otowi Historic District · listed 1975
- Pueblo of Nambe · listed 1974
- Pueblo of Tesuque · listed 1973
- Santa Fe Historic District · listed 1973
- Santa Fe National Cemetery · listed 2016
- Seton Village · listed 1966
- St. John's College-Santa Fe, New Mexico · listed 2015
Notable landmarks
- Glorieta Pass Battlefield · listed 1966
- Acequia System of El Rancho de las Golondrinas · listed 1980
- Agua Fria Schoolhouse Site · listed 2019
- Alarid, Ricardo, House · listed 1984
- Allison Dormitory · listed 1984
- Archbishop Lamy's Chapel · listed 1988
- Arroyo Hondo Pueblo · listed 2007
- Baumann, Jane and Gustave, House and Studio · listed 2012
- Bergere, Alfred M., House · listed 1975
- Camino Real-Canon de las Bocas Section · listed 2011
- Camino Real-La Bajada Mesa Section · listed 2011
- Connor Hall · listed 1988
- Crespin, Gregorio, House · listed 1975
- Davey, Randall, House · listed 1970
- Delgado Street Bridge · listed 2015
- Digneo-Valdes House · listed 1978
- Dodge-Bailey House · listed 2007
- Don Gaspar Bridge · listed 2002
- El Puente de Los Hidalgos · listed 2001
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas Section-El Camino Real de Tierra Adento · listed 2013
- El Zaguan · listed 2008
- Federal Building · listed 1974
- Fort Marcy Officer's Residence · listed 1975
- Fort Marcy Ruins · listed 1975
- Hayt-Wientge House · listed 1977
- …and 31 more
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