What is Carson, New Mexico?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} [[File:Carson Waterfall.jpg|thumb|A seasonal wet-weather [[waterfall]] near Carson]] '''Carson''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in southwestern [[Taos County, New Mexico|Taos County]], [[New Mexico]], [[United States]]. Carson was named after [[frontiersman]] [[Kit Carson]] who lived in [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]]. It was founded around 1908. This was when the surrounding area was opened for [[Homestead Act|homesteading]].<ref>[http://carsonnewmexico.com/documents/carsonopinion_jan_2009.pdf Carson Community Association Newsletter, January 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708122347/http://carsonnewmexico.com/documents/carsonopinion_jan_2009.pdf |date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref> Carson is a [[Rural area|rural]] [[residential area]] with a low [[population density]]. Carson has a [[post office]], with the [[ZIP code]] 87517. The 87517 area had a [[population]] of 460 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]]. The area had 386 housing units at Census 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/ZCTA5_87517?g=860XX00US87517 |title=ZCTA5 87517 - Census Bureau Profile |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref> It also had a land area of {{Cvt|35.03|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population density of 13.1 people per sq. mile (5.1 per km{{sup|2}}). In the 1930s, Carson was a [[Mormon]] settlement. A local trader gave an old ''colcha'', an [[Embroidery|embroidered]] [[Wool|woolen]] [[blanket]], to his sister-in-law to be fixed. She studied the [[textile]] and started making new colchas. This lead to a [[Success|successful]] [[cottage industry]]. Most of the Carson colchas were made from [[Recycling|recycled]] woolen fabrics. They were priced reasonably, and sold well. Many are now in the collections of [[Museum|museums]].<ref>Nancy Benson, ''New Mexico Colcha Club: Spanish Colonial Embroidery.'' 2008, Museum of New Mexico Press. {{ISBN|978-0-89013-519-8}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other we