Tse Bonito, New Mexico

About Tse Bonito

Set in the northwestern part of New Mexico, Tse Bonito is a small unincorporated community.

Tse Bonito holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.81 square miles.

📰 Tse Bonito News Today

• Farmington Navajo Code Talkers Museum moves forward as Tsé Bonito site remains empty Navajo Times · Aug 6
• Letters | Hard times ahead Navajo Times · May 21
• Tse Bonito, NM Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 30
• Governor issues statement on Navajo Code Talkers Day, groundbreaking celebration for Navajo Code Talkers Museum governor.state.nm.us · Aug 14
• Navajo Code Talker Museum groundbreaking to be Aug. 14 in Tse Bonita, New Mexico - Navajo-Hopi Observer Navajo-Hopi Observer · Jul 19

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What Makes Tse Bonito Unique

• The only place in America named Tse Bonito — 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 northwestern 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: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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