Official Name: | Arenas Valley, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Arenas Valley |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grant |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 10.53 |
Area Land Km2: | 10.53 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.07 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.07 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1291 |
Population Density Km2: | 122.57 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 317.43 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 6053 |
Coordinates: | 32.7764°N -108.2031°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 88022 |
Area Code: | 575 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2584051 |
Arenas Valley is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 1,522 as of the 2010 census. Arenas Valley had a post office from December 20, 1944, to April 20, 1987; it still has its own ZIP code, 88022.[2] [3] It was named because it was in the valley of the Rio de Arenas.[4]