Dixon is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, on New Mexico State Road 75, just east of New Mexico State Road 68, in the north-central ration of the state, and is approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Taos. The height above sea level of Dixon is 6,028 feet (1,837 m) above sea level. It is on the banks of the Embudo Creek, a tributary of the Rio Grande. Embudo Creek flows into the Rio Grande two miles (3.2 km) downstream from Dixon. The town is home to the largest population of organic farmers in the state, as without difficulty as several wineries.

According to the 2010 Census the population is 926, with 70% of residents identifying as Hispanic. Many non-Hispanics have made their homes here past the mid-1960s.

The Place was inhabited by Tiwa peoples from straightforward Picuris Pueblo, then granted by Spanish colonists under the 1725 Embudo Land Grant. The native name was El Puerto del Embudo de Nuestro Señor San Antonio and the come to was made in 1725, to Francisco Martín, Lázaro Córdova and Juan Márquez. The acequias (irrigation canals) were the first public works project of any estate grant, so they were started hurriedly after settlement, on September 20, 1725, and there are 10 Historic Acequias as soon as senior water rights on the Embudo River and one next junior water rights. On the Rio Grande there are two taking into account senior rights and two similar to junior water rights. The aldea was known as San Antonio del Embudo until going on for 1900 afterward a make known office was usual and the name was untouched to Dixon, reputedly to praise Collins Dixon, a school teacher who taught here in the late 19th century; one tradition has him physical a Civil War army deserter; his descendants live re nearby Española.

Because of the self-disciplined climate generated by the local topography and helped by the acequias (irrigation ditch system), the Embudo Valley has become a significant fruit and grape growing area and the greater Dixon area has two wineries, the La Chiripada Winery and the Vivác Winery.