Purty Rock, New Mexico

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Purty Rock, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Purty Rock
Coordinates: 35°29′25″N108°53′45″W / 35.49028°N 108.89583°W / 35.49028; -108.89583
CountryUnited States
State New Mexico
County McKinley
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.17 sq mi (3.02 km2)
 • Land1.17 sq mi (3.02 km2)
Elevation
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6,365 ft (1,940 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
163
 • Density139.79/sq mi (53.96/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
87319 (Mentmore)
Area code 505
FIPS code 35-60327
GNIS feature ID2806730 [2]

Purty Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 163. [3]

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Geography

The CDP is in the western part of McKinley County, on the south side of the valley of the Puerco River, a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado River. Purty Rock, a 6,925-foot (2,111 m) butte, is 4 miles (6 km) to the south. The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Defiance along a former alignment of U.S. Route 66. Interstate 40 passes through the CDP, with access from Exit 16, 3 miles (5 km) to the east, or from Exit 8, 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest. Gallup, the McKinley county seat, is 9 miles (14 km) to the east.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Purty Rock CDP has an area of 1.17 square miles (3.03 km2), all land. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 163—
U.S. Decennial Census [4] [5]

Purty Rock was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2]

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. [6]

Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manuelito Middle School, and Gallup High School. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Purty Rock, New Mexico
  3. 1 2 "P1. Race – Purty Rock CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 20, 2021. - Compare with school district maps.
  7. ↑ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools . Retrieved January 15, 2022. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.


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