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San Rafael, New Mexico

Coordinates: 35°6′45″N 107°52′57″W / 35.11250°N 107.88250°W / 35.11250; -107.88250
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San Rafael
Census-designated place
San Rafael is located in the United States
San Rafael
San Rafael
Location in New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°6′45″N 107°52′57″W / 35.11250°N 107.88250°W / 35.11250; -107.88250
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyCibola
Population
 (2010)
 • Total933
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)

San Rafael is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 933.[1] Also known as "Bikyaya" or "El Gallo", it lies at an elevation of 6,470 feet (1,970 m) above sea level and is located in north-central Cibola County at (35.1125386, -107.8825580).[2] New Mexico State Road 53 passes through the community, leading north 3 miles (5 km) to Interstate 40 and 5 miles (8 km) to the center of Grants, the county seat.

An 1850 U.S. Army map shows a Hay Camp near San Rafael. Fort Wingate was established (moved from Seboyeta, New Mexico) by Lt. Colonel J. Francisco Chavez, 1st New Mexico Infantry under the orders of General Edward Canby in 1862. It was located near a large spring and designed to house four companies of troops. Colonel Kit Carson and four companies of New Mexico Volunteers used this fort. Carson was ordered by General Carleton to round up first the Mescalero Apache, then the Navajo and send them to Bosque Redondo. San Rafael was a stop on the Navajo's journey to and from Fort Sumner. In 1868 the garrison and name of the fort was transferred to the former site of Fort Lyon, near Gallup, New Mexico.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): San Rafael CDP, New Mexico". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Rafael, New Mexico
  3. ^ Fraizer, Robert Walter (1965). Forts of the West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1250-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Fort Wingate NewMexicoHistory.org


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