Continental Divide, New Mexico
Continental Divide, New Mexico | |
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 Post office in Continental Divide, March 2018 | |
  Continental Divide, New Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 35°25′58″N 108°20′09″W / 35.43278°N 108.33583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.44 sq mi (6.31 km2) |
| • Land | 2.44 sq mi (6.31 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 7,176 ft (2,187 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 187 |
| • Density | 76.80/sq mi (29.65/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 87312 |
| Area code | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806714[2] |
Continental Divide is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[2]
Description
[edit]Continental Divide is located along Interstate 40, 25.1 miles (40.4 km) east-southeast of Gallup, along Campbell Pass, a low point along the Continental Divide of the Americas. The community has a post office with ZIP code 87312.[4][5]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 187 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6][3] | |||
Education
[edit]The community is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[7] Zoned schools are Thoreau Elementary School, Thoreau Middle School, and Thoreau High School.[8]
Transportation
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Continental Divide". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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