Bluewater Village, New Mexico

For other uses, see Bluewater, New Mexico.

Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population in 2010 was 628.^[4]

Bluewater Village, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Bluewater Village
Coordinates: 35°15′05″N 107°58′24″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Cibola
Area [1]
• Total	3.56 sq mi (9.22 km2)
• Land	3.55 sq mi (9.18 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	6,628 ft (2,020 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	464
• Density	130.85/sq mi (50.52/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	87005
Area code	505
GNIS feature ID	2584059[2]

Description

Anaconda Copper's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963

Bluewater Village is west of Grants. The Bluewater Elementary School is located here.^[5] The Bluewater post office, which is included in the CDP, has a ZIP code of 87005.^[6][4]

There was formerly a Navajo community at this location, and the area was called Agua Azul. The town was founded in 1880 as a stop on the A&P Railroad. Several Mormon settlers built an earthen dam and established a community nearby in 1896 named Mormontown. The railroad town faded, and Mormontown adopted the name Bluewater.^[7]

Nearby was the former Bluewater Mill, a uranium mill operated by Anaconda Copper from 1954 to 1982. The site was reclaimed in 1995, under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, and is monitored by the U.S. Department of Energy.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	464		—
U.S. Decennial Census[9][3]

See also

• New Mexico portal

• List of census-designated places in New Mexico