Medanales, New Mexico

Medanales is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on the Chama River near U.S. Route 84, 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Española. Medanales has a post office with ZIP code 87548, which opened on March 10, 1945.^[4][5]

Medanales
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°10′35″N 106°10′40″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Rio Arriba
Area [1]
• Total	3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2)
• Land	3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	5,840 ft (1,780 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	224
• Density	70.84/sq mi (27.35/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	87548[4]
Area code	505
GNIS feature ID	2806743[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	224		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6][3]

Education

It is in Española Public Schools.^[7] The comprehensive public high school is Española Valley High School.

Notable people

• Agueda Salazar Martínez (1898—2000), New Mexican Hispanic weaver, "head of the largest family of Hispanic weavers in the state".^[8]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Medanales, New Mexico
3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
4. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 28, 2014.
5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Rio Arriba County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
8. Lucero & Baizerman 1999, pp. 148–151.

Bibliography

• Lucero, Helen R.; Baizerman, Suzanne (1999). Chimayó weaving: the transformation of a tradition (1st ed.). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826319760. OCLC 955185451.