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Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population in 2010 was 628.[4]

Bluewater Village, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Bluewater Village
Coordinates: 35°14′17″N 107°58′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyCibola
Area
  Total3.56 sq mi (9.22 km2)
  Land3.55 sq mi (9.18 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
6,749 ft (2,057 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
  Total464
  Density130.85/sq mi (50.52/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87005
Area code505
GNIS feature ID2584059[3]

Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.
2020464
U.S. Decennial Census[5][2]

Description


Anaconda Copper's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963
Anaconda Copper's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963

Bluewater Village is west of Grants. The Bluewater Elementary School is located here.[6] The Bluewater post office, which is included in the CDP, has a ZIP code of 87005.[7][4]

There was formerly a Navajo community at this location, and the area was called Agua Azul. The town was founded in 1880 as a stop on the A&P Railroad. Several Mormon settlers built an earthen dam and established a community nearby in 1896 named Mormontown. The railroad town faded, and Mormontown adopted the name Bluewater.[8]

Nearby was the former Bluewater Mill, a uranium mill operated by Anaconda Copper from 1954 to 1982. The site was reclaimed in 1995, under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, and is monitored by the U.S. Department of Energy.[9]


See also



References


  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
  3. "Bluewater Village Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. Grants/Cibola Public Schools
  7. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  8. Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 44. ISBN 0826316891.
  9. Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site







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