Tularosa is a village in Otero County, New Mexico. It shares its name when the Tularosa Basin, in which the town is located. To the east, Tularosa is flanked by the western edge of the Sacramento Mountains. The population was 2,842 at the 2010 census. During the 1990s and to the lead 2000s, the town, north of the much larger Alamogordo, experienced moderate growth and construction as a bedroom community, especially in the housing industry. Tularosa is noted for its abundance of cottonwood shade trees and its efforts to preserve the adobe-style architecture of its past.

Tularosa gets its herald from the Spanish report for the red or rose colored reeds growing along the banks of the Rio Tularosa. The Rio Tularosa, which still exists along the north side of the village, attracted the indigenous settlers as a water source in the desert. Settlers attempted to uphold a concurrence in 1860 but were futile due to Mescalero Apache raids. Two years later, after a battle at welcoming Round Mountain, Hispanic farmers from the Rio Grande valley succeeded in settling the area. The Mission Church, St Francis de Paula was built to praise a conformity made to St Francis that if no one was killed in the battle at Round Mountain, the townspeople would build a church dedicated to him. In 1863, the Town of Tularosa was formally established and was mapped subsequently 49 blocks and water rights distributed and recorded.

The native acequia (ditch irrigation system) remains roughly unchanged and provides the water for the trees lining the streets, private gardens, and landscaping that have the funds for Tularosa its unique character.

In 1979, the Tularosa Original Townsite District, consisting of the original 49 blocks on 1,400 acres (5.7 km) including 182 buildings, was confirmed a historic district and recorded in the National Register of Historic Places.