Hachita, New Mexico

About Hachita

Set in the southwestern part of New Mexico, Hachita is a small unincorporated community.

Hachita holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.44 square miles.

📰 Hachita News Today

• Mexican soldiers in U.S.; judge, wife arrested top stories for 2025 BorderReport · Dec 23
• Hachita's Oasis New Mexico Magazine · Mar 19
• Residents of Hachita, in southwest New Mexico, vexed by surge of migrants - Las Cruces Sun-News Las Cruces Sun-News · Jan 25
• Confusion reigns in New Mexico’s militarized border zone Source New Mexico · May 30
• Gun-toting Mexican soldiers allegedly enter US soil, surround couple in New Mexico KRQE · Apr 26

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Hachita Unique

• The only place in America named Hachita — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 19 miles.

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