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Near Cubero in Cibola County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Pueblo of Laguna

 
 
Pueblo of Laguna Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 23, 2010
1. Pueblo of Laguna Marker
Inscription. Keresan speaking refugees from Santo Domingo, Acoma, Cochiti, and other pueblos founded Laguna after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the Spanish reconquest of 1692. Named by the Spaniards for a marshy lake to the west, the pueblo still occupies its original hilltop site today.
 
Erected by New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1680.
 
Location. 35° 4.342′ N, 107° 33.301′ W. Marker is near Cubero, New Mexico, in Cibola County. It can be reached from Indian Service Route 30 south of Interstate 40. Marker is located at the rest area just south of I-40 exit 102. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cubero NM 87014, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. It is also in the American Southwest and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pueblo of Αcoma (here, next to this marker); Old Acoma "Sky City" (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Battle of Khe Sanh Vietnam, 1968 (approx. 2.8 miles away); a different marker also named Old Acoma "Sky City" (approx. 9.6 miles away); a different marker also named Pueblo of Laguna (approx. 10.2 miles away); a different marker also named Pueblo of Laguna
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(approx. 10.2 miles away); San Josι De La Laguna Mission (approx. 10.2 miles away); a different marker also named San Josι De La Laguna Mission (approx. 10.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cubero.
 
Also see . . .  Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680. In 1680 the charismatic Tewa leader Popι coordinated a successful rebellion against the Spaniards, known as The Great Pueblo Revolt. (Submitted on October 6, 2010.) 
 
Pueblo of Laguna and Pueblo of Acoma Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 23, 2010
2. Pueblo of Laguna and Pueblo of Acoma Markers
Pueblo of Laguna image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 23, 2010
3. Pueblo of Laguna
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,218 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on July 30, 2025, by Bill Wingate of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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