Valmora, New Mexico

Valmora is a former unincorporated community located in Mora County, New Mexico, United States, located along New Mexico State Road 97, east-northeast of Watrous. State Road 446, the shortest state road in New Mexico at, links the community to State Road 97.
Since 2017, it has been the site of a privately owned holistic retreat center.

History

The name "Valmora" is a manufactured word, meaning "in the valley of the Mora river." It was founded in 1916 as a community serving a tuberculosis sanitarium, long since closed. Because of this, however, in 1995 Valmora was added to the registry of National Historic Places.