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Quemado, New Mexico

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Quemado, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyCatron
Area
 • Total1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2)
 • Land1.79 sq mi (4.64 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total228
 • Density127/sq mi (49.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)MDT
Area code575
Antler tree in Quemado, 2006

Quemado is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 228.[2] Walter De Maria's 1977 art installation, The Lightning Field, is between Quemado and Pie Town, New Mexico.

Jerry D. Thompson, historian of the American Southwest, was reared in Quemado.

It was also home to Eleanor McClintock a cowgirl and trick rider who is also a member of the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quemado, New Mexico
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Quemado CDP, New Mexico". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Further reading

  • (1989) "Nobody's a Stranger in Quemado," New Mexico Magazine 67:3, March.