Official Name: | McGaffey, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | McGaffey |
Coordinates: | 35.375°N -108.5208°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: | 1.04 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.69 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.64 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 7796 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-45890 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806724 |
McGaffey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The community is in the southern part of the county, at the south end of New Mexico State Road 400, which leads north 11miles to Interstate 40 near Fort Wingate. McGaffey is within Cibola National Forest, and the Forest Service's McGaffey Campground is just south of the center of the community.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[2]