Arenas Valley, New Mexico

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Arenas Valley, New Mexico
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Arenas Valley
Coordinates: 32°46′35″N108°12′11″W / 32.77639°N 108.20306°W / 32.77639; -108.20306
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Grant
Area
[1]
  Total
4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
  Land4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
6,053 ft (1,845 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
1,291
  Density317.43/sq mi (122.57/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
88022
Area code 575
GNIS feature ID2584051 [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]

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 1,291
U.S. Decennial Census [7] [3]

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arenas Valley, New Mexico
  3. 1 2 "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 21. ISBN   0826316891.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.