Black Rock, New Mexico
| Black Rock, New Mexico | |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Black Rock, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 35°5′18″N 108°47′28″W / 35.08833°N 108.79111°WCoordinates: 35°5′18″N 108°47′28″W / 35.08833°N 108.79111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.7 sq mi (4.5 km2) |
| • Land | 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,453 ft (1,967 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,252 |
| • Density | 740.1/sq mi (285.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 87327 |
| Area code(s) | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-07670 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0899539 |
Black Rock (Navajo: Tsézhįįh Deezlį́) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,252 at the 2000 census.
Blackrock is located on the Zuñi Reservation on the left bank (south side) of the Zuñi River, approximately four miles east of the town of Zuñi, on the north side of NM Route 53. Immediately to the east of the community is the Black Rock Reservoir, which was created in 1908 by damming the Zuni River. The dam has undergone serious rebuilding three times since 1908, the most recent in the mid 1990s. Black Rock has a non-commercial airstrip built just after World War II, but not paved until 1970.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), of which, 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (3.43%) is water.
There was a spring at Black Rock and the Zuñi had irrigated fields there since about 3000 BP (950 BCE). The Zuñi had a small, seasonally occupied village on the lava flow, just north of the river, which the Spanish called "Ranchos de Zuñi".
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,252 people, 319 households, and 283 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 740.1 people per square mile (286.0/km²). There were 349 housing units at an average density of 206.3 per square mile (79.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.70% Native American, 7.99% White, 0.24% from other races, 0.16% African American, 0.16% Asian, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.72% of the population.
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