La Boca, NM

La Boca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 38 residents. La Boca was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in the northeast corner of the county, bordered to the north by La Plata County, Colorado. Aztec High School is the local high school. The through line in La Boca is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. La Boca makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. New Mexico State Road 511 passes through the community, leading south 18 miles to Navajo Dam.