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Medanales, New Mexico
Medanales is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on the Chama River near U.S. Route 84, 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Española. Medanales has a post office with ZIP code 87548, which opened on March 10, 1945.[3][5]
Medanales | |
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Medanales Location within the state of New Mexico Medanales Medanales (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′32″N 106°11′00″W / 36.17556°N 106.18333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Rio Arriba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2) |
| • Land | 3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,840 ft (1,780 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 224 |
| • Density | 70.84/sq mi (27.35/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 87548[3] |
| Area code | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 908556[4] |
Demographics edit
Education edit
It is in Española Public Schools.[7] The comprehensive public high school is Española Valley High School.
Notable people edit
- Agueda Salazar Martínez (1898—2000), New Mexican Hispanic weaver, "head of the largest family of Hispanic weavers in the state", moved to Medanales in 1924[8]
References edit
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ "Medanales". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Rio Arriba County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Lucero & Baizerman 1999, pp. 148–151.
Bibliography edit
- Lucero, Helen R.; Baizerman, Suzanne (1999). Chimayó weaving: the transformation of a tradition (1st ed.). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826319760. OCLC 955185451.