Arenas Valley, New Mexico

CountryUnited States

Elevation

^[2]

6,053 ft (1,845 m)

Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))

ZIP code

88022

Arenas Valley, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 32°46′35″N 108°12′11″W / 32.77639°N 108.20306°W / 32.77639; -108.20306
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Grant
Area [1]
• Total	4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
• Land	4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	6,053 ft (1,845 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,291
• Density	317.5/sq mi (122.57/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	88022
Area code	575
GNIS feature ID	2584051[2]

Arenas Valley is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Arenas Valley had a population of 1,291.^[4] Arenas Valley had a post office from January 1, 1946, to March 7, 1987; it still has its own ZIP code, 88022.^[5][6] It was named because it was near the Rio de Arenas, a normally dry arroyo or gully, but residents long referred to it as "Whiskey Creek," based on the local legend that a heavy rain in the nearby Piños Altos Mountains flooded an illegal still and whiskey barrels floated down the community's largest arroyo, that passes through the "built-up" area of Arenas Valley. ^[7]