Quemado, New Mexico

Quemado, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Quemado
Location within the state of New Mexico
Coordinates: 34°20′38″N 108°29′44″W / 34.34389°N 108.49556°W / 34.34389; -108.49556Coordinates: 34°20′38″N 108°29′44″W / 34.34389°N 108.49556°W / 34.34389; -108.49556[1]
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Catron
Area
 • Total 1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2)
 • Land 1.79 sq mi (4.64 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 228
 • Density 127/sq mi (49.2/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) MDT
Area code(s) 575

Quemado is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 228.[2] Walter De Maria's 1977 art installation, The Lightning Field, is between Quemado and Pie Town, New Mexico.

Jerry D. Thompson, historian of the American Southwest, was reared in Quemado.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quemado, New Mexico
  2. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Quemado CDP, New Mexico". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Further reading

  • (1989) "Nobody's a Stranger in Quemado," New Mexico Magazine 67:3, March.
Antler tree in Quemado, 2006


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