Arenas Valley, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 32°46′35″N108°12′11″W / 32.77639°N 108.20306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Grant |
Area | |
• Total | 4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2) |
• Land | 4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 6,053 ft (1,845 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,291 |
• Density | 317.43/sq mi (122.57/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 88022 |
Area code | 575 |
GNIS feature ID | 2584051 [2] |
Arenas Valley is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 1,522 as of the 2010 census. Arenas Valley had a post office from January 1, 1946, to March 7, 1987; it still has its own ZIP code, 88022. [4] [5] It was named because it was near the Rio de Arenas, a normally dry arroyo or gully, but residents long referred to it as "Whiskey Creek," based on the local legend that a heavy rain in the nearby Piños Altos Mountains flooded an illegal still and whiskey barrels floated down the community's largest arroyo, that passes through the "built-up" area of Arenas Valley. [6]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 1,291 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] [3] |