Pinedale, New Mexico

Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) (Navajo: Tό Bééhwiisgání) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[3]

Pinedale, New Mexico
CDP
Nickname: 
Pinedale Community
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Government
 • TypeChapter Government
 • PresidentRuby Tsosie
 • Vice-PresidentClara J. Daye
 • Secretary-TreasurerSarah Jackson
 • Tribal Council MemberEdmund Yazzie
Area
[1]
 • Total10.32 sq mi (26.72 km2)
 • Land10.31 sq mi (26.70 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total485
 • Density47.04/sq mi (18.16/km2)
FIPS code35-57160

Paddy Martinez, the Navajo American man who discovered high grade uranium ore that initiated the Grants, New Mexico uranium mining boom was born in Pinedale.[4]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020485—
U.S. Decennial Census[5][2]

Education

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

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. "Pinedale, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. Bryan, Howard. "Off the Beaten Path: Paddy Martinez". Albuquerque Historical Society. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

35°36′14.2″N 108°26′50.8″W


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