Iyanbito 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.[2]
Iyanbito, New Mexico | |
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  Iyanbito  Iyanbito | |
| Coordinates: 35°30′55″N 108°29′16″W / 35.51528°N 108.48778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.54 sq mi (24.71 km2) |
| • Land | 9.54 sq mi (24.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,884 ft (2,098 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,193 |
| • Density | 125.05/sq mi (48.28/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 87316 (Fort Wingate) |
| Area code | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-34830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806721[2] |
The community is in the western part of the county, 16 miles (26 km) east of Gallup, the county seat. It is bordered to the west by the Church Rock CDP and to the south by the Southern Transcon line of the BNSF Railway. Mesa Butte, elevation 8,020 feet (2,440 m), rises to the north of the CDP.
New Mexico State Road 118 (Historic Route 66) and Interstate 40 pass just south of Iyanbito, leading west to Gallup and southeast 47 miles (76 km) to Grants.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,193 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4][3] | |||
Education
editIt is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[5]
It is zoned to Catherine A. Miller Elementary School in Church Rock, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School.[6]
References
edit- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iyanbito, New Mexico
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved January 15, 2022. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.
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