Amalia, New Mexico


Amalia is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Amalia is located at latitude 36.942 and longitude -105.454. It is located near the Colorado border on New Mexico State Road 196. The elevation is.
Amalia has a post office, with the ZIP code 87512. The 87512 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 230 at the 2000 census.

History

Amalia was formerly known as Pina. A post office was established in 1900, before being renamed Amalia in 1919.
In summer of 2018 on a remote site with a small camping trailer within a surrounding wall of car tires, 5 adults, 11 hungry children, and later a dead child, were found. Court documents stated the children had been trained for shootings at schools.
Federal terrorism, kidnapping, and firearms charges were brought against five adults in March 2019.