Pinedale, New Mexico


Pinedale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 485.

Geography

Pinedale is in west-central McKinley County, by road northeast of Church Rock and northeast of Gallup, the county seat. It is served by Navajo Route 11.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Pinedale CDP has a total area of, of which, or 0.06%, are water. The community sits at the northern base of Fallen Timber Ridge and is drained by tributaries of the Puerco River, which flows westward through the northern part of the CDP, leading eventually to Gallup and thence to the Little Colorado River in Arizona.

Demographics

Pinedale was first listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census.

Notable people

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

Education

Pinedale Chapter is served by three local school systems, they are Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. BIE operated schools,, and Wingate High School.