Bluewater, McKinley County, New Mexico

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]

Bluewater, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Bluewater
Bluewater
Coordinates: 35°18′53″N 108°10′34″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Area
[1]
 • Total11.8 sq mi (30.5 km2)
 • Land11.8 sq mi (30.5 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
7,454 ft (2,272 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
87323 (Thoreau)
Area code(s)505
FIPS code35-08180
GNIS feature ID2806710[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]

It is zoned to Thoreau Elementary School, Thoreau Middle School, and Thoreau High School.[4]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  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.
  4. "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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