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Navajo, New Mexico
CDP
About Navajo
Navajo, NM is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern New Mexico.
Officially, Navajo is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.25 square miles.
📰 Navajo News Today
- ‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum AP News · Aug 18
- ‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum Temple Daily Telegram · Aug 18
- US (NM): Navajo Nation commits to hydroponic growing Hortidaily · Aug 18
- Anti-uranium advocates wrest control of public hearing on proposed mine near Navajo Nation sourcenm.com · Aug 10
- Long-awaited plan to build Navajo Code Talkers museum finally gets off the ground Santa Fe New Mexican · Aug 15
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Navajo Unique
- The only place in America named Navajo — 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 northwestern 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.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Venus Needle · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏫 Schools in Navajo
- Crystal Boarding School
- DZIT DIT LOOL SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT ACTION AND PERSEVERANCE
- NAVAJO ELEMENTARY
- NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL
- NAVAJO PINE HIGH
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNew Mexico
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.25 sq mi
Coordinates35.9024, -109.0321