Purty Rock, New Mexico

Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

35°29′25″N 108°53′45″W / 35.49028°N 108.89583°W / 35.49028; -108.89583CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCounty McKinleyArea

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• Total1.17 sq mi (3.02 km²) • Land1.17 sq mi (3.02 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

6,362 ft (1,939 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total163 • Density139.79/sq mi (53.96/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP Codes

87301 (Gallup)
87319 (Mentmore)

Area code505FIPS code35-60327GNIS feature ID2806730^[3]

Purty Rock 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.^[3]

The CDP is in the western part of the county, on the south side of the valley of the Puerco River, a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado River. Purty Rock, a 6,925-foot (2,111 m) butte, is 4 miles (6 km) to the south. The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Defiance along a former alignment of U.S. Route 66. Interstate 40 passes through the CDP, with access from Exit 16, 3 miles (5 km) to the east, or from Exit 8, 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest. Gallup, the McKinley county seat, is 9 miles (14 km) to the east.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	163		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]^[2]

Education

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

Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manualito Middle School, and Gallup High School.^[6]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Purty Rock Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "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. - Compare with school district maps.
^ "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.