Bernalillo, New Mexico
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As of the 2000 census, the town populace was 6,611.
Bernalillo is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the 1620s, the wine grape was introduced to Bernalillo and the wine trade blew up.
Slowly over time, the wine trade came back into Bernalillo and has sustained its community today.
It has even turn into a tradition and staple inside the town of Bernalillo.
The town has embraced its wine tradition and hosts the New Mexico Wine festival annual amid each Labor Day.
Being a small town, Bernalillo has had its share of ghost stories.
Most of these urban legends revolve around The Santa Ana Star Casino, a casino positioned in the town of Bernalillo and believed to be haunted.
Bernalillo is positioned at 35 18 34 N 106 33 7 W (35.309363, -106.552032). It lies in the Albuquerque Basin on the east bank of the Rio Grande.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), of which, 4.6 square miles (12 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (2.34%) is water.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $30,864, and the median income for a family was $36,286.
Anton Docher, who became known as "The Padre of Isleta", first served as a priest in Bernalillo after coming as a missionary to the United States from France.
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