Las Palomas is a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.

Alamocita was six miles north of Fort McRae which was established in April 1863 to protect these new settlements along the Rio Grande Valley from the Apache, along with the traffic along the river and the old road to the east in the Jornada del Muerto.

[5]: 42–48, 54–56, 60, 73–76 Also in 1867, a number of the citizens of Canada Alamosa, moved down the Rio Grande to where Palomas Creek had its confluence with the river.

Fort McRae and its garrison would provide its protection and economic benefits to citizens of the towns over the years of its operation until it was closed on October 30, 1876.

Las Palomas is the only one of the early New Mexican settlements built along the Rio Grande in Sierra County to survive to the present day despite the river flooding and the construction of reservoirs.