Newkirk, New Mexico

Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

35°04′06″N 104°15′53″W / 35.06833°N 104.26472°W / 35.06833; -104.26472CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCounty GuadalupeArea

^[1]

• Total1.09 sq mi (2.82 km²) • Land1.09 sq mi (2.82 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

4,560 ft (1,390 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total8 • Density7.35/sq mi (2.84/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

88431

Area code575GNIS feature ID918267^[3]

Newkirk is a village in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at the junction of Interstate 40 and New Mexico State Road 129; historic U.S. Route 66 also passes through the community. Its population was 7 as of the 2010 census. Newkirk has a post office serving ZIP Code 88431,^[4]^[5] and a service station. It is part of the Newkirk Census Designated Place (CDP).

Newkirk was originally called Conant, it was founded in the early 20th century. In the 1930s Newkirk had four gas stations, several restaurants, De Baca's Trading Post, and a scattering of cabins.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	8		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]^[2]

Education

Its school district is Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools.^[8]

Notable person

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (1894-1991) - educator, nutritionist, activist, writer, inventor of the u-shaped fried taco shell.

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Newkirk". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
^ Hinkley, Jim (2011). Ghost Towns of Route 66. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. pp. 100, 103–103. ISBN 978-0-7603-3843-8.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Guadalupe County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2022.