Pinedale, New Mexico

Pinedale, New Mexico
CDP
Nickname(s): 
Pinedale City, Pinedale USA
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Government
 • TypeChapter Government
Area
[1]
 • Total10.32 sq mi (26.72 km2)
 • Land10.31 sq mi (26.70 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
[2]
7,166 ft (2,184 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total485
 • Density47.04/sq mi (18.16/km2)
FIPS code35-57160
GNIS feature ID2806727[2]

Pinedale (also spelled Pine Dale) (Navajo: Tό Bééhwiisgání) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[4]

Paddy Martinez, the Navajo American man who discovered high grade uranium ore that initiated the Grants, New Mexico uranium mining boom was born in Pinedale.[5]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinedale, New Mexico
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Pinedale, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ Bryan, Howard. "Off the Beaten Path: Paddy Martinez". Albuquerque Historical Society. Retrieved March 31, 2021.