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Jamestown, New Mexico

Coordinates: 35°28′51″N 108°25′58″W / 35.48083°N 108.43278°W / 35.48083; -108.43278
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Jamestown, New Mexico
Jamestown is located in New Mexico
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown is located in the United States
Jamestown
Jamestown
Coordinates: 35°28′51″N 108°25′58″W / 35.48083°N 108.43278°W / 35.48083; -108.43278
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Area
 • Total2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2)
 • Land2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 • Total317
 • Density116.16/sq mi (44.85/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87347[3]
Area code505
FIPS code35-35070

Jamestown is an unincorporated community located along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. El Paso Natural Gas Company built a refinery at the Continental Divide in New Mexico around the area of 35.48698357712149, -108.4264608980443.[4][circular reference] The refinery was known locally as the Gallup Refinery or the Ciniza Refinery. By 1964, El Paso Gas sold the refinery to the Shell Oil Company.[5] Then in 1982, Giant Oil Refining purchased the refinery from Shell.[6] In 1987. Giant built the largest truck stop and retail facility in their chain one mile south from the refinery.[7] On June 7, 2003, Giant sold its travel center in Jamestown to Pilot Travel Centers.[8] Pilot Travel Center #305[9][10] houses Jamestown's post office; the post office has ZIP code 87347.[3][9] Also inside the travel center's mall are a Subway and a Denny's as well as a thirty-seat theater. Near the mall, and still part of the Pilot Travel Center, is a Bosselman Boss Shop available for full service truck servicing and repair.[11]

According to USA Today, in 1993 the truck stop and refinery were the only two establishments in the community.[10] By 2020, there were also a Fire Department[12] and a Gun Supply store[13] The oil refinery changed ownership several times[14] and was slated to close by October of 2020, as per its last owner, Marathon Petrolueum.[15]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020317
U.S. Decennial Census[16][2]

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[17] Its zoned schools are Del Norte Elementary School, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School.[18]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. ^ "Gallup Refinery". Wikipedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Nation's Truckers Find Desert Oasis - One-Stop Service For Weary Drivers". Associated Press. March 1, 1993.
  10. ^ a b Jones, Del (June 8, 1993). "The truck stops here - New Mexico center has amenities of airport terminal". USA Today.
  11. ^ "Locations". Bosselman Boss shops. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  12. ^ "McKinley County Whispering Cedars Fire Dept". Emergency Medical Services Tracking and reporting System (NMEMSTARS). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Jonni R Myers Brown Warrior Women Gun Supply". FFL Registry. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  14. ^ "EPA, NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT REACH SETTLEMENT WITH WESTERN REFINING". Internet WayBack Machine. Internet Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  15. ^ "StackPath". www.ogj.com.
  16. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  17. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  18. ^ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.