Cordova is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.The village lies a short distance off the "High Road to Taos, NM State Road 76, between Chimayo and Truchas.Its population was 414 as of the 2010 census. Cordova has a post office with ZIP code 87523, which opened on March 26, 1900. Cordova is well known for wood carvers.