Official Name: | Cedar Hill, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico |
Pushpin Label: | Cedar Hill |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | San Juan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 25.12 |
Area Land Km2: | 24.35 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.77 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 9.70 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.40 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1130 |
Population Density Km2: | 46.41 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 120.21 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5860 |
Coordinates: | 36.9369°N -107.8903°W |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 902202 |
Cedar Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 847 as of the 2010 census.[2] The community is located on U.S. Route 550, near the Colorado border. Cedar Hill was originally known as Cox's Crossing. The name was chosen during a Literacy Society meeting by picking names out of a hat. A post office operated from 1892 to 1966.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.[2]
The school district is Aztec Municipal Schools.[4] Aztec High School is the local high school.