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McKinley County, New Mexico

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—newspaper titles
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78historic places
—earliest paper
1901formed
72,902pop. 2020
7cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 78 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Pueblo Pintado, Gallup, Crownpoint.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Mexico is not yet loaded on this site. Browse McKinley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 78 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

78 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Andrews Archeological DistrictPrewittDistrict1979
Archeological Site # LA 15278 (Reservoir Site; CM 100)Pueblo PintadoBuilding1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,780Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,781Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,782Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,784Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,785Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,786Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 45,789Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,000Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,001Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,013 (CM101)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,014 (CM 102)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,015 (CM 102A)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,016 (CM 103)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,017 (CM 104)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,018Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,019 (CM 105)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,020 (CM 106)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,021Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,022 (CM 107)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,023 (CM 118)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,024 (CM 108)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,025 (CM 109)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,026 (CM 110)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,027 (CM 111)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,028 (CM 112)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,030 (CM 114)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,031 (CM 115)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,033 (CM 117)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,034Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,036Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,037Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,038Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,044Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,071 (CM 148)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,072 (CM 94)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,074 (CM 181)Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,077Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site # LA 50,080Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Archeological Site No. LA 50,035Pueblo PintadoSite1985
Ashcroft-Merrill Historic DistrictRamahBuilding1990
Bee Burrow Archeological DistrictSeven LakesDistrict1984
Borrego Pass Trading Post Historic DistrictBorrego PassDistrict2012
Casa de Estrella Archeological SiteCrownpointSite1980
Chaco Culture National Historical ParkThoreauDistrict1966
Chief TheaterGallupBuilding1988
Cotton, C. N., WarehouseGallupBuilding1988
Cousins Bros. Trading PostChi Chil TahBuilding2006
Dalton Pass Archeological SiteCrownpointSite1980
Drake HotelGallupBuilding1988
El Morro TheaterGallupBuilding1988
El Rancho HotelGallupBuilding1988
Fort Wingate Archeological SiteFort WingateSite1980
Fort Wingate Historic DistrictFort WingateDistrict1978
Fort Wingate Historic District (Additional Documentation)Fort WingateDistrict1978
Fort Wingate Historic District (Boundary Increase)Fort WingateDistrict2026
Gallup Commercial Historic DistrictGallupDistrict2016
Grand HotelGallupBuilding1988
Greenlee Archeological SiteCrownpointSite1980
Halona PuebloGallupDistrict1975
Harvey HotelGallupBuilding1988
Haystack Archeological DistrictCrownpointDistrict1980
Herman's, Roy T., Garage and Service StationThoreauBuilding1993
Lebanon Lodge No. 22GallupBuilding1989
Manuelito Complex NHLManuelitoSite1966
McKinley County CourthouseGallupBuilding1989
Palace HotelGallupBuilding1988
Peggy's PuebloZuniSite1994
Redwood LodgeGallupBuilding1998
Rex HotelGallupBuilding1988
Route 66, State maintained from Iyanbito to RehobethRehobethStructure1997
Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic DistrictFort WingateDistrict2003
State Maintained Route 66-Manuelito to the Arizona BorderMentmoreStructure1993
US Post OfficeGallupBuilding1988
Upper Kin Klizhin Archeological SiteCrownpointSite1980
Vogt, Evon Zartman, Ranch HouseRamahBuilding1993
White CafeGallupBuilding1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mckinley was formed in 1901 (1901-01-01) from unknown / original county.

McKINLEY created by New Mexico Terr. from BERNALILLO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

McKinley County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

75k44k13k191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
12,96313,73123,64127,45137,20956,44974,79872,902

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Chaco Culture National Historical ParkPark unit58.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed
NameLatLon
Hillcrest Cemetery35.52141-108.75313
Lone Pine Cemetery35.82584-108.87786
McGaffey Cemetery35.37021-108.5237
Pinehaven Cemetery35.35197-108.72757
Ramah Cemetery35.12586-108.49562
Sunset Memorial Park35.50236-108.84486
Torreon Cemetery35.3722-108.52597
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Gibson35.56679-108.74139
Gibson35.56724-108.74425
Heaton35.5778-108.71786
Weaver35.57169-108.73314

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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