Endee, New Mexico

Endee, New Mexico
Endee, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Endee, New Mexico
Endee, New Mexico
Endee, New Mexico is located in the United States
Endee, New Mexico
Endee, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°08′16″N 103°06′28″W / 35.13778°N 103.10778°W / 35.13778; -103.10778
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyQuay
Elevation
3,822 ft (1,165 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID898546[1]

Endee is an unincorporated community on the route of historic Route 66 in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.[1][2] The town was founded circa 1885 and named after the brand of the ND Ranch.[3] A post office operated in Endee from 1886 to 1955.[3] In 1952, Route 66 was rerouted so it bypassed Endee.[2]

Endee was a supply center for ranches in the area. In 1946, the town consisted of a grocery store, a gas station with "modern restrooms" and a repair garage, a school, and a scattering of cabins.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Montoya". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Hinckley, Jim (2012). The Route 66 Encyclopedia. Voyageur Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0760340417.
  3. ^ a b Julyan, Robert Hixson (1998). The Place Names of New Mexico (revised ed.). Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. p. 124.
  4. ^ Hinkley, Jim (2011). Ghost Towns of Route 66. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. pp. 94–97. ISBN 978-0-7603-3843-8.