McGaffey, New Mexico

About McGaffey

Set in the western part of New Mexico, McGaffey is a small unincorporated community.

McGaffey holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.75 square miles.

📰 McGaffey News Today

• An Autopsy Has Answered How Missing Los Alamos Worker Melissa Casias Died in Carson National Forest Outside Magazine · Aug 14
• Carson National Forest - McGaffey Project Timber Harvests US Forest Service (.gov) · May 28
• Remains Found in New Mexico Forest Identified as Missing Los Alamos Employee Melissa Casias LAmag · Jun 1
• McGaffey – Deer Park Mastication Project National Forest Foundation · May 13
• Lab worker who vanished last year found dead in New Mexico national forest CBS News · Jun 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes McGaffey Unique

• The only place in America named McGaffey — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in McGaffey

• McGaffey Camp and Picnic Grounds reviews ★
• State Game Commission Land · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of McGaffey

🏘️ Nearby Communities