Bluewater Village, New Mexico

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Bluewater Village, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Bluewater Village
Coordinates: 35°15′05″N107°58′24″W / 35.25139°N 107.97333°W / 35.25139; -107.97333
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Cibola
Area
[1]
 • Total3.56 sq mi (9.22 km2)
 • Land3.55 sq mi (9.18 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
6,628 ft (2,020 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total464
 • Density130.85/sq mi (50.52/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87005
Area code 505
GNIS feature ID2584059 [2]

Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population in 2010 was 628. [4]

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Description

Anaconda Copper's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963 Anaconda Bluewater Mill NM.jpg
Anaconda Copper's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963

Bluewater Village is west of Grants. The Bluewater Elementary School is located here. [5] The Bluewater post office, which is included in the CDP, has a ZIP code of 87005. [6] [4]

There was formerly a Navajo community at this location, and the area was called Agua Azul. The town was founded in 1880 as a stop on the A&P Railroad. Several Mormon settlers built an earthen dam and established a community nearby in 1896 named Mormontown. The railroad town faded, and Mormontown adopted the name Bluewater. [7]

Nearby was the former Bluewater Mill, a uranium mill operated by Anaconda Copper from 1954 to 1982. The site was reclaimed in 1995, under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, and is monitored by the U.S. Department of Energy. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 464—
U.S. Decennial Census [9] [3]

See also

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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: Bluewater Village, New Mexico
  3. 1 2 "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ Grants/Cibola Public Schools
  6. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 44. ISBN   0826316891.
  8. ↑ "Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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