Bluewater Village, New Mexico
Bluewater Village, New Mexico | |
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Census-designated place | |
  Bluewater Village | |
| Coordinates: 35°14′17″N 107°58′51″W / 35.23806°N 107.98083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Cibola |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.107 sq mi (26.18 km2) |
| • Land | 10.087 sq mi (26.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0.020 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,749 ft (2,057 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 628 |
| • Density | 62/sq mi (24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 87005 |
| Area code | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584059[3] |
Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population in 2010 was 628.[2] Bluewater Village is west of Grants. The Bluewater Elementary School is located here.[4] The Bluewater post office, which is included in the CDP, has a ZIP code of 87005.[5][2]
There was formerly a Navajo community at this location, and the area was called Agua Azul. The town was founded in 1880 as a stop on the A&P Railroad. Several Mormon settlers built an earthen dam and established a community nearby in 1896 named Mormontown. The railroad town faded, and Mormontown adopted the name Bluewater.[6]
Nearby was the former Bluewater Mill, a uranium mill operated by Anaconda Copper from 1954 to 1982. The site was reclaimed in 1995, under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, and is monitored by the U.S. Department of Energy.[7]
| External images | |
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 Bluewater Mill and tailings impoundment site | |
| Aerial photo of Bluewater Mill, 1971 |
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Bluewater Village Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Grants/Cibola Public Schools
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 44. ISBN 0826316891.
- ^ Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site
Municipalities and communities of Cibola County, New Mexico, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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