White Rock, New Mexico
| White Rock, New Mexico | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Sign at entrance to White Rock
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 Location of White Rock, New Mexico |
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 White Rock, New Mexico
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| Coordinates: 35°49′10″N 106°12′17″W / 35.81944°N 106.20472°WCoordinates: 35°49′10″N 106°12′17″W / 35.81944°N 106.20472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Los Alamos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.2 sq mi (18.6 km2) |
| • Land | 7.2 sq mi (18.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,365 ft (1,940 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,725 |
| • Density | 795.1/sq mi (304.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 87547 |
| Area code(s) | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-84740 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0912322 |
White Rock is a town in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. It is one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is Los Alamos (the county seat). The population was 6,045 at the 2000 census. It is largely a bedroom community for employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory and their families. Access to White Rock from the town of Los Alamos and other cities and towns in New Mexico is via New Mexico State Road 4, which forms the northwestern boundary of the community. Administratively, White Rock is a neighborhood of Los Alamos; locals refer to Los Alamos (meaning not White Rock) as "the Townsite," or "the Hill".
In 1947 the United States Atomic Energy Commission acquired land from the United States Forest Service to build a temporary community to house construction workers. That community was the first White Rock, which was abandoned by 1953. By 1958 all of the old White Rock buildings had been demolished or removed. The second and present White Rock was begun in 1963.
White Rock is located at 35°49′10″N 106°12′17″W / 35.81944°N 106.20472°W (35.819439, -106.204779). Elevation is 6,365 feet (1,940 m).
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