Animas, New Mexico

Animas, New Mexico
Aerial view
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Animas is located in New Mexico
Animas
Animas
Animas is located in the United States
Animas
Animas
Coordinates: 31°56′56″N 108°48′46″W / 31.94889°N 108.81278°W / 31.94889; -108.81278
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyHidalgo
Area
 • Total15.66 sq mi (40.57 km2)
 • Land15.66 sq mi (40.57 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation4,413 ft (1,345 m)
Population
 • Total180
 • Density11.49/sq mi (4.44/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
88020
Area code575
FIPS code35-03750
GNIS feature ID2584046[2]

Animas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in west-central Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern corner of the state. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 237.[4]

It lies at the intersection of State Roads 9 and 338, at an elevation of 4,406 feet (1,343 m) approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of the city of Lordsburg, the county seat.[5] Although Animas is unincorporated, it has a post office, which opened in 1909, with the ZIP code of 88020.[6][7]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Animas, New Mexico
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Animas CDP, New Mexico". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '09. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2009, 68.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Animas Post Office
  7. ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine