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

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

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. 1 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 / 35.603944°N 108.447444°W / 35.603944; -108.447444


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