Official Name: | Manuelito, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Manuelito |
Coordinates: | 35.4378°N -108.9986°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McKinley |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.16 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.16 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 21.15 |
Area Land Km2: | 21.15 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 68 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 8.33 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.22 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 6319 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 87319 (Mentmore) |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-46660 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2813407 |
Manuelito is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The community is in the western part of the county in the valley of the Puerco River, southwest of Gallup, the county seat, and 3miles east of the Arizona border. New Mexico State Road 118 (Historic Route 66) and Interstate 40 pass through the community. The closest I-40 access is from Exit 8 (NM 118), 3miles to the northeast.
The community is within the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[2]
Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manualito Middle School, and Gallup High School.[3]