Williams Acres, New Mexico

Williams Acres is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 491.^[3]

Williams Acres, New Mexico
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°29′43″N 108°52′31″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	McKinley
Area [1]
• Total	0.81 sq mi (2.09 km2)
• Land	0.81 sq mi (2.09 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	6,395 ft (1,949 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	491
• Density	608.43/sq mi (235.06/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Codes	87319 (Mentmore) 87301 (Gallup)
Area code	505
FIPS code	35-85230
GNIS feature ID	2806740[2]

Geography

The CDP is in the western part of the county, in the valley of the Puerco River, a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado. The community is bordered to the south by Interstate 40 and to the north by the Gallup Subdivision of the BNSF Railway. New Mexico State Road 118 (Historic Route 66) runs through the northern side of the community. It is 10 miles (16 km) west of Gallup, the county seat, and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Lupton, Arizona.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.81 square miles (2.10 km²), all land.^[1] The Puerco River flows just to the north of the CDP limits.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	491		—
U.S. Decennial Census[4][3]

Williams Acres was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2]

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.^[5]

Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manualito Middle School, and Gallup High School.^[6]