Las Tusas is a

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(CDP) in

Cibola County Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,213. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June 19, ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

, United States. At the 2010 census the CDP was known as Bluewater Acres and had a population of 206.

Geography

Las Tusas is located in northwestern Cibola County, near the southern tip of

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, a

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on Bluewater Creek north of Salitre Mesa. New Mexico State Road 612 (Bluewater Road) leads north from the community to

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and

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. A Forest Service road leads south from Bluewater Acres through

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to NM 53 near the Continental Divide. According to the

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, the Las Tusas CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Cibola County, New Mexico Census-designated places in New Mexico