Totavi, New Mexico

Totavi is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States along New Mexico Highway 502. It is the location of a Tewa Market & Fuel, operated by San Ildefonso Pueblo, the only buildings in the community.

History

Totavi was founded in 1948 as a trailer park for construction workers expanding the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory and the adjoining townsite of Los Alamos, with a post office from that date until 1953.

Geography

Totavi has an elevation of and is located in Bayo Canyon. Located nearby is the Totavi Lentil, part of the Puye Formation.