Draft Horses for Sale near Peralta, NM

About Peralta, NM

Peralta was the site of the Battle of Peralta a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign during the American Civil War. "The Padre of Isleta", Anton Docher served as a priest in Peralta during his long period in Isleta. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,750 people, 1,314 households, and 1,034 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile (329.1/km²). There were 1,413 housing units at an average density of 320.8 per square mile (124.0/km²).