Bluewater, McKinley County, New Mexico

Bluewater, New Mexico
Bluewater, New Mexico
Census-designated place
	Bluewater Show map of New MexicoShow map of the United StatesShow all
	Coordinates: 35°18′53″N 108°10′34″W / 35.31472°N 108.17611°WCoordinates: 35°18′53″N 108°10′34″W / 35.31472°N 108.17611°W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	McKinley
Area
• Total	11.8 sq mi (30.5 km2)
• Land	11.8 sq mi (30.5 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	7,454 ft (2,272 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	87323 (Thoreau)
Area code(s)	505
FIPS code	35-08180
GNIS feature ID	2806710

Bluewater is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2]

The community is on the southern edge of the county, bordered to the south by Cibola County. It is in the Las Tusas Valley and is bordered to the north by Cottonwood Creek, which flows east into Bluewater Lake, a reservoir on Bluewater Creek, which continues east to the Rio San Jose at Bluewater Village in Cibola County.

New Mexico State Road 612 (Bluewater Road) passes through the Bluewater CDP, leading northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Thoreau and Interstate 40.

Education[]

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.^[3]

References[]

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Bluewater Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

[GNIS-2] "Bluewater Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[3] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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v t Municipalities and communities of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
County seat: Gallup
City	Gallup
CDPs	Becenti Black Hat Black Rock Bluewater Borrego Pass Brimhall Nizhoni Catalpa Canyon Church Rock Continental Divide Crestview Crownpoint Crystal‡ Fort Wingate Gamerco Haystack Homer C Jones Iyanbito Jamestown Manuelito McGaffey Nakaibito Navajo Ojo Encino Pinedale Pinehaven Prewitt Pueblo Pintado Purty Rock Ramah Red Rock Ranch Rock Springs Sagar Sundance Thoreau Timberlake‡ Tohatchi Tse Bonito Twin Lakes Vanderwagen White Cliffs Williams Acres Yah-ta-hey Zuni Pueblo
Other communities	Buffalo Springs Chi Chil Tah Rehoboth Smith Lake
Indian reservation	Navajo Nation‡ Zuni Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Bluewater, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Bluewater Bluewater Show map of New MexicoShow map of the United StatesShow all
Coordinates: 35°18′53″N 108°10′34″W / 35.31472°N 108.17611°W / 35.31472; -108.17611Coordinates: 35°18′53″N 108°10′34″W / 35.31472°N 108.17611°W / 35.31472; -108.17611
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	McKinley
Area ^[1]
• Total	11.8 sq mi (30.5 km²)
• Land	11.8 sq mi (30.5 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	7,454 ft (2,272 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	87323 (Thoreau)
Area code(s)	505
FIPS code	35-08180
GNIS feature ID	2806710^[2]