[6] It was likely the location of the Franciscan Mission San Diego de la Congregacion.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2 square miles (5.2 km2), all land.

Though by then an increasing number were switching to wage-earning work rather than agriculture, the residents continued to raise chile peppers, corn, and wheat, to speak their native language, and to maintain customary practices.

Running, an old Jemez pastime and ceremonial activity, grew even more popular than it had been before World War II.

Prior to the advent of television at Jemez, tales of running feats had been a major form of entertainment on winter nights.

Races continued to hold their ceremonial place as the years passed, their purpose being to assist the movement of the sun and moon or to hasten the growth of crops, for example.

A Jemez runner, Steve Gachupin, won the Pikes Peak Marathon six times, setting a record in 1968 by reaching the top in just 2 hours, 14 minutes, 56 seconds.