Jamestown is an unincorporated community located along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. El Paso Natural Gas Company built a refinery at the Continental Divide in New Mexico around the area of 35.48698357712149, -108.4264608980443.[4][circular reference] The refinery was known locally as the Gallup Refinery or the Ciniza Refinery. By 1964, El Paso Gas sold the refinery to the Shell Oil Company.[5] Then in 1982, Giant Oil Refining purchased the refinery from Shell.[6] In 1987. Giant built the largest truck stop and retail facility in their chain one mile south from the refinery.[7] On June 7, 2003, Giant sold its travel center in Jamestown to Pilot Travel Centers.[8] Pilot Travel Center #305[9][10] houses Jamestown's post office; the post office has ZIP code 87347.[3][9] Also inside the travel center's mall are a Subway and a Denny's as well as a thirty-seat theater. Near the mall, and still part of the Pilot Travel Center, is a Bosselman Boss Shop available for full service truck servicing and repair.[11]
Jamestown, New Mexico | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 35°28′51″N 108°25′58″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | McKinley |
Area | |
• Total | 2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2) |
• Land | 2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 317 |
• Density | 116.16/sq mi (44.85/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87347[3] |
Area code | 505 |
FIPS code | 35-35070 |
According to USA Today, in 1993 the truck stop and refinery were the only two establishments in the community.[10] By 2020, there were also a Fire Department[12] and a Gun Supply store[13] The oil refinery changed ownership several times[14] and was slated to close by October of 2020, as per its last owner, Marathon Petrolueum.[15]
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
2020 | 317 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[16][2] |
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[17] Its zoned schools are Del Norte Elementary School, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School.[18]
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County seat: Gallup | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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