Continental Divide, New Mexico

Continental Divide, New Mexico
Continental Divide, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
	Post office in Continental Divide, March 2018
	Continental Divide, New Mexico
	Coordinates: 35°25′30″N 108°18′55″W / 35.42500°N 108.31528°WCoordinates: 35°25′30″N 108°18′55″W / 35.42500°N 108.31528°W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	McKinley
Elevation	7,228 ft (2,203 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	87312
Area code(s)	505
GNIS feature ID	1923007

Continental Divide is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.^[1]

Description[]

The community is located along Interstate 40, 25.1 miles (40.4 km) east-southeast of Gallup, along Campbell Pass, a low point along the Continental Divide of the Americas. Continental Divide has a post office with ZIP code 87312.^[2]^[3]

Education[]

The community is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.^[4] Zoned schools are Thoreau Elementary School, Thoreau Middle School, and Thoreau High School.^[5]

Transportation[]

Major highways[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Continental Divide". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
^ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.

External links[]

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[gnis-1] "Continental Divide". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[GR7-2] United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.

[3] "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 10, 2013.

[4] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

[Distmaps-5] "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.

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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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