Vanderwagen, New Mexico

Vanderwagen 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 48.

Geography

Vanderwagen is in southwestern McKinley County along New Mexico State Road 602, south of Gallup.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of, of which, or 0.30%, are water. The community is drained by Nelson Wash, a west-flowing tributary of Whitewater Arroyo, which continues west to join the Puerco River near Allentown, Arizona.

Demographics

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

Education

Gallup-McKinley County Schools is the non-BIE school district. Zoned schools are: David Skeet Elementary School in Vanderwagen, Gallup Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs operates a K-8 school, Chi Chil'tah Community School, which has a Vanderwagen address but is in Chi Chil Tah.