Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) (Navajo: Tό Bééhwiisgání) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[3]
Pinedale, New Mexico | |
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CDP | |
| Nickname: Pinedale Community | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Government | |
| • Type | Chapter Government |
| • President | Ruby Tsosie |
| • Vice-President | Clara J. Daye |
| • Secretary-Treasurer | Sarah Jackson |
| • Tribal Council Member | Edmund Yazzie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.32 sq mi (26.72 km2) |
| • Land | 10.31 sq mi (26.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 485 |
| • Density | 47.04/sq mi (18.16/km2) |
| FIPS code | 35-57160 |
Paddy Martinez, the Navajo American man who discovered high grade uranium ore that initiated the Grants, New Mexico uranium mining boom was born in Pinedale.[4]
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2020 | 485 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5][2] | |||
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[6]
Municipalities and communities of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States | ||
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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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