Corrales

County: Sandoval

Year Established: Dates back to 500 A.D.

Year Abandoned: Active town

Population: 8,493 as of 2020

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Remains: Lots to see old and new! Please be respectful of current residents.

About: The first evidence for human occupation of the Corrales area dates to about 500 A.D. Corrales, the Spanish word for corrals, was home to the Tiguex Indians for centuries before Spanish explorers laid claim to the region around 1540. Little is recorded of Corrales during the first 150 years of Spanish occupation since it was not on the major trade routes along the river from Santa Fe; even as late as 1870 the census records only 141 households with 687 residents, nearly all of whom were farmers, ranchers or laborers.

Old San Ysidro Church