Bluewater, McKinley County, New Mexico

Coordinates: 35°19′28″N 108°12′22″W / 35.32444°N 108.20611°W

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Bluewater, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°19′28″N 108°12′22″W / 35.32444°N 108.20611°W / 35.32444; -108.20611
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	McKinley
Area ^[1]
• Total	12.33 sq mi (31.9 km²)
• Land	12.33 sq mi (31.9 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	7,461 ft (2,274 m)
Population (2020)^[3]
• Total	174
• Density	14.79/sq mi (5.71/km²)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	87323 (Thoreau)
Area code	505
FIPS code	35-08180
GNIS feature ID	2806710^[2]

Bluewater is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 174.^[3]

Geography

The community is on the southern edge of McKinley County and is 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.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 12.3 square miles (32 km²), all land.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	174		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]^[3]

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

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.^[5]

It is zoned to Thoreau Elementary School, Thoreau Middle School, and Thoreau High School.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bluewater Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b ^c "P1. Race – Bluewater CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
^ "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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
County seat: Gallup
City	Gallup	Map of New Mexico highlighting McKinley County
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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