Stanley, New Mexico

Stanley is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.^[1] The ZIP code is 87056.^[4][5]

Stanley, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°09′08″N 105°59′37″W[1]
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Santa Fe
Area [2]
• Total	6.17 sq mi (15.99 km2)
• Land	6.17 sq mi (15.99 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	6,345 ft (1,934 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	108
• Density	17.49/sq mi (6.75/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (CDT)
ZIP code	87056
Area code	505
FIPS code	35-75010
GNIS ID	2806768[1]

Geography

Climate

Climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of the true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions. The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for this climate is BSk (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).^[6]

Climate data for Stanley, New Mexico
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	43 (6)	49 (9)	56 (13)	65 (18)	75 (24)	84 (29)	87 (31)	84 (29)	78 (26)	68 (20)	54 (12)	45 (7)	66 (19)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	16 (−9)	20 (−7)	24 (−4)	31 (−1)	40 (4)	48 (9)	54 (12)	52 (11)	45 (7)	34 (1)	23 (−5)	16 (−9)	34 (1)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	0.4 (10)	0.4 (10)	0.5 (13)	0.5 (13)	1 (25)	1.2 (30)	2.2 (56)	2.2 (56)	1.5 (38)	1.2 (30)	0.5 (13)	0.5 (13)	12.1 (310)
Source: Weatherbase [7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	108		—
U.S. Decennial Census[8][3]

Education

Stanley is in the Moriarty Municipal Schools district.^[9]

It was formerly in the Santa Fe School District, which operated a school in Stanley, which in 1962 had 150 students. In 1962 that district's school board approved a plan to have the district moved to Moriarty Municipal Schools.^[10] The superintendent of the Santa Fe district advocated for closing the Stanley School because of the following reasons: was in close proximity to the one of Moriarty, that it would not be viable as an elementary only school if only the high school were closed, the poor physical state of the building and it was not meeting the academic benchmarks set by the state government of New Mexico.^[11]

Notable people

• Alan Ebnother, artist
• Jeffrey Epstein, financier, convicted sex offender, owned a rural compound located approximately eight miles north of Stanley
• Alice King, former First Lady of New Mexico^[12]
• Bruce King, 23rd, 25th and 28th Governor of New Mexico
• David King, 25th Treasurer of New Mexico
• Gary King, 30th Attorney General of New Mexico and son of Bruce King

Popular culture

On January 18, 1975, Stanley was referenced in Hee Haw.^[13]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stanley, New Mexico
2. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. Stanley, New Mexico
6. Climate Summary for Stanley, New Mexico
7. "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on August 6, 2013.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
9. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Santa Fe County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
10. "2 Transfers Approved By School Board". The Santa Fe New Mexican. August 3, 1962. pp. 1, 2. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
11. "Schools May Close". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. May 25, 1962. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
12. Nash, Kate (December 7, 2008). "Alice King, 1930-2008: Former first lady said children were her legacy". Santa Fe New Mexican. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
13. "Stanley, New Mexico Mining Claims And Mines". The Diggings™. Retrieved December 6, 2020.