Old Picacho Village

Picacho, called locally "Old Picacho Village", is in Sierra County and is about six miles northwest of Las Cruces and north of Fairacres, near the base of Picacho Mountain.

It was settled in 1855 by Candelario Chavez together with people from Socorro. The original name for the settlement was Picacho de los Nevarez or "peak of the Nevarez family".

Picacho once was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route.

Today (1998) the Chruch is at the center of the village, surrounded by homes, mobile homes and farms. You drive through stands of apple trees and pecan trees, as well as fields of cotton, onions and chili.