Arenas Valley, New Mexico

Arenas Valley, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Arenas Valley is located in New Mexico
Arenas Valley
Arenas Valley
Arenas Valley is located in the United States
Arenas Valley
Arenas Valley
Coordinates: 32°46′35″N 108°12′11″W / 32.77639°N 108.20306°W / 32.77639; -108.20306
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyGrant
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
 • Land4.07 sq mi (10.53 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
6,053 ft (1,845 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
1,291
 • Density317.43/sq mi (122.57/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
88022
Area code575
GNIS feature ID2584051[2]

Arenas Valley is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 1,522 as of the 2010 census. Arenas Valley had a post office from January 1, 1946, to March 7, 1987; it still has its own ZIP code, 88022.[4][5] It was named because it was in the valley of the Rio de Arenas, but residents long referred to it as "Whiskey Creek," based on the local legend that a heavy rain in the nearby Piños Altos Mountains flooded an illegal still and whiskey barrels floated down the community's largest arroyo, a steep-sided, normally dry gully. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20201,291—
U.S. Decennial Census[7][3]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arenas Valley, New Mexico
  3. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 21. ISBN 0826316891.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.