Prewitt, New Mexico

Prewitt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[1] Prewitt is located along Interstate 40, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Grants. Prewitt has a post office with ZIP code 87045.[2][3]

Prewitt, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Nickname(s): 
Baca
Prewitt
Prewitt
Coordinates: 35°21′46″N 108°02′38″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Elevation
6,827 ft (2,081 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87045
Area code(s)505
GNIS feature ID909850[1]

Geography

Prewitt is within the Baca/Prewitt (Kin Łigaaí) Chapter House boundary in the "Checkerboard Area" of the Navajo Nation.[4][5] This means that Prewitt lies within the external boundaries of the Navajo Nation, but contains a mix of tribal, BLM, state, and private lands. It is a part of the Zuni Uplift,[6] and is characterized by piñon/juniper woodland, red rock hoodoos, mesas, and desert grasslands.[7]

Demographics
Prewitt Post Office (87045)
2019 Census estimates for Prewitt (ZIP code 87045)[8]
Estimate Percent
Total population 1572 100%
Male 773 49.2%
Female 799 50.8%
White 25 1.6%
African American 0 0%
American Indian 1493 95%
Asian 0 0%
Native Pacific Islander 1 <.1%
Some other race 28 1.8%
Two or more races 25 1.6%
Hispanic of any race 21 1.3%
Citizens of voting age 1172 75%
Total housing units 731 --
BNSF railway crossing on McKinley County Highway 19 in Prewitt, looking toward Prewitt's red cliffs and mesas.

Education
Typical landscape in Prewitt, NM (87045)

Prewitt is the home of Baca /Dlo'Ay Azhi Community School run by the Bureau of Indian Education. Baca /Dlo'Ay Azhi Community School serves grades K-6. The Associated Deputy Director for this school is Navajo Schools in Window Rock, AZ and the Education Resource Center is Crownpoint.[9]

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[10] Zoned schools are Thoreau Elementary School, Thoreau Middle School, and Thoreau High School.[11]

Points of interest

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Prewitt". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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 24, 2013.
  4. "Checkerboard Reservation, New Mexico | The Tony Hillerman Portal". ehillerman.unm.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. "Baca / Prewitt |". Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. Kelley, Vincent C. (1967). "Tectonics of the Zuni-Defiance Region, New Mexico and Arizona" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Publications. Retrieved 2020-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Kelley, Vincent C. (1967). "Tectonics of the Zuni-Defiance region, New Mexico and Arizona" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "American Community Survey Demographic and Housing Estimates". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. "U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Education". BIE Schools Directory | Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved 2020-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  11. "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.
  12. "Where it all started". www.navajotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.

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