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Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. [6] A substantial percentage of its population is Native American , with residents from the Navajo , Hopi , and Zuni tribes.
Gallup, New Mexico. US 491 begins at Gallup, at a junction with Interstate 40 (I-40), and currently runs north along Muñoz Drive. [7] The routing has changed to bypass the downtown area. The original route used 9th Street, starting at US 66. [8] US 491 leaves Gallup and passes north through the eastern half of the Navajo Nation. [9]
McKinley County is a county in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 72,902. [1] Its county seat is Gallup. [2] The county was created in 1901 and named for President William McKinley. [3] McKinley County is Gallup's micropolitan statistical area.
State Road 608 (NM 608) was a 1.969-mile-long (3.169 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 608's southern terminus was at NM 609 in Gallup, and the northern terminus was at U.S. Route 491 (US 491) north of Gallup. NM 608 was given to the city of Gallup in 2017. The road is now known as Ninth Street.
Labeled towns are Farmington, New Mexico (F), Gallup, New Mexico (G), Window Rock, Arizona (W), and Kayenta, Arizona (K). The Chuska Mountains (Navajo: Chʼóshgai) are an elongate range on the southwest Colorado Plateau and within the Navajo Nation whose highest elevations approach 10,000 feet. The range is about 80 by 15 km (50 by 10 miles).
Catalpa Canyon is a valley in the center of the CDP that drains north to the Puerco River in the eastern part of Gallup. New Mexico State Road 602 passes through the western part of the CDP, leading north into Gallup and south 15 miles (24 km) to Vanderwagen.
Continental Divide is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It has a post office with ZIP code 87312. [4] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 187. [3]
New Mexico State Road 53 passes through Zuni Pueblo and Black Rock, leading east 21 miles (34 km) to Ramah and southwest (along with Arizona State Route 61) 25 miles (40 km) to U.S. Route 191. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Zuni Pueblo CDP has a total area of 12.6 square miles (33 km 2 ), all land. [ 1 ]