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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Purty Rock, New Mexico

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.

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
CensusPop.Note
2020163
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.

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

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Purty Rock, New Mexico
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021. - Compare with school district maps.
  6. ^ "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.