Pinedale, New Mexico | |
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Nickname(s): Pinedale City, Pinedale USA | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | McKinley |
Government | |
• Type | Chapter Government |
Area | |
• Total | 10.32 sq mi (26.72 km2) |
• Land | 10.31 sq mi (26.70 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
Elevation | 7,166 ft (2,184 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 485 |
• Density | 47.04/sq mi (18.16/km2) |
FIPS code | 35-57160 |
GNIS feature ID | 2806727 [2] |
Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) ( Navajo: Tό Bééhwiisgání) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [4]
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. [5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 485 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] [3] |
Pinedale Chapter is served by three local school systems, they are Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. [7] BIE operated schools Wingate Elementary School, Mariano Lake Community School, and Wingate High School.
35°36′14.2″N 108°26′50.8″W / 35.603944°N 108.447444°W