Official Name: | Pinedale, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Nickname: | Pinedale City, Pinedale USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McKinley |
Government Type: | Chapter Government |
Established Date: | December 5, 1955 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 26.72 |
Area Land Km2: | 26.70 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.32 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 10.31 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Elevation Ft: | 7166 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 485 |
Population Density Km2: | 18.16 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 47.04 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-57160 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806727 |
Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) (Navajo; Navaho: '''{{spell-nv|Tό Bééhwiisgání) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Paddy Martinez, the Navajo American man who discovered high grade uranium ore that initiated the Grants, New Mexico uranium mining boom was born in Pinedale.[2]
Pinedale Chapter is served by three local school systems, they are Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[3] BIE operated schools Wingate Elementary School, Mariano Lake Community School, and Wingate High School.