Official Name: | Ojo Encino, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Ojo Encino |
Coordinates: | 35.9525°N -107.3444°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: | 0.65 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.65 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.69 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.69 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 222 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 340.49 |
Population Density Km2: | 131.49 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 6749 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 87013 (Cuba) |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-53620 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806726 |
Ojo Encino is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo Nation. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The community is in the northeast corner of the county, by road west of Cuba and northeast of Gallup, the McKinley county seat. It is on the west side of the valley of Encino Wash, a southeast-running tributary of Torreon Wash, Arroyo Chico, and eventually Rio Puerco, a tributary of the Rio Grande.
The Bureau of Indian Education operates the Ojo Encino Day School, a K-8 school.[2] it has 25 employees and 173 students.[3]
Ojo Encino is in the Gallup-McKinley County Schools school district.[4] Zoned schools are: Crownpoint Elementary School in Crownpoint, Crownpoint Middle School in Crownpoint, and Tseʼ Yiʼ Gai High School.[5]