page_title: Santa Cruz, New Mexico
section_title: Statehood through present
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Cruz, New Mexico / History / Statehood through present
caption_attribution_description: English: Church at Santa Cruz, New Mexico in 1881
context_page_description: Santa Cruz is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 423 at the 2000 census.
context_section_description: Santa Cruz has continued to maintain much of its traditions and history especially through the Catholic Church. The mission church, built after the first fell into disrepair in the early eighteenth century, remains active and vibrant with a large and dedicated congregation. The arrival of the railroad in the 1880s brought the growth of a new town named Española. The growth of the new city eventually encompassed the old Spanish community and has largely concealed it. Once considered the second most important settlement in New Mexico, the town is now masked by its popular tourist neighbors Taos and Santa Fe.
caption: The Santa Cruz church in 1881. Photo by William Henry Jackson.
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