Purty Rock, New Mexico
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
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Purty Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 163.[3]
Purty Rock, New Mexico | |
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  Purty Rock Location within New Mexico  Purty Rock Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°29′25″N 108°53′45″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.17 sq mi (3.02 km2) |
| • Land | 1.17 sq mi (3.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,365 ft (1,940 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 163 |
| • Density | 139.8/sq mi (53.96/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 87319 (Mentmore) |
| Area code | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-60327 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806730[2] |
Geography
The CDP is in the western part of McKinley County, on the south side of the valley of the Puerco River, a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado River. Purty Rock, a 6,925-foot (2,111 m) butte, is 4 miles (6 km) to the south. The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Defiance along a former alignment of U.S. Route 66. Interstate 40 passes through the CDP, with access from Exit 16, 3 miles (5 km) to the east, or from Exit 8, 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest. Gallup, the McKinley county seat, is 9 miles (14 km) to the east.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Purty Rock CDP has an area of 1.17 square miles (3.03 km2), all land.[1]
Demographics
Purty Rock was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.[2]
Education
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[6]
Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manuelito Middle School, and Gallup High School.[7]
