Los Chavez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valencia County, New Mexico.

In the autumn of 1847, a unit of the U.S. Army traveled south along the west bank of the Río Grande.

Philip Gooch Ferguson reported that “the road most generally traveled” was on the east bank, but the west side of the river was better for water.

Ferguson mentioned camping near a small town named “Plaza Chavez” (Bieber 1936:326-328).

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.2 square miles (26 km2), all land.