Sundance, New Mexico

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Sundance, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Sundance
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Sundance
Coordinates: 35°30′09″N108°38′24″W / 35.50250°N 108.64000°W / 35.50250; -108.64000
CountryUnited States
State New Mexico
County McKinley
Area
[1]
 • Total
3.48 sq mi (9.00 km2)
 • Land3.48 sq mi (9.00 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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6,847 ft (2,087 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
760
 • Density218.71/sq mi (84.44/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
87311 (Church Rock)
Area code 505
FIPS code 35-75605
GNIS feature ID2806734 [2]

Sundance 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 760. [3]

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Geography

The community is in the western part of the county and is bordered to the northwest by Gallup, the county seat, to the northeast by Church Rock, and to the east by federal land associated with Fort Wingate. Interstate 40 passes through the northernmost part of Sundance, with the closest access from Exit 26 (State Road 118), 2 miles (3 km) to the west in Gallup.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sundance CDP has an area of 3.48 square miles (9.01 km2), all land. [1] The community slopes north toward the valley of the Puerco River, which runs west to join the Little Colorado River in Arizona.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 760—
U.S. Decennial Census [4] [5]

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

Education

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sundance, New Mexico
  3. 1 2 "P1. Race – Sundance CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 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.


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