title: Happy Valley, New Mexico
text: # Happy Valley, New Mexico
  
  Happy Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 519 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the western edge of Carlsbad; New Mexico State Road 524 passes through the area. The town was settled as a farming community before potash was manufactured here. It was named because the lack of land use regulations made residents happy.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The community is approximately two miles west of the west edge of Carlsbad. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 2.159 square miles (5.59 $km^2),$ of which 2.156 square miles (5.58 $km^2)$ are land and 0.003 square miles (0.0078 $km^2)$ are water.
  
  ## Education
  
  It is within the Carlsbad Municipal School District, which operates Carlsbad High School.
  
  