Navajo City, New Mexico

Coordinates: 36°45′06″N 107°35′59″W / 36.75167°N 107.59972°W / 36.75167; -107.59972 Navajo City is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, just north of the Navajo Indian Reservation in the northeaster part of the state. It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 64 and New Mexico State Road 539.

History

Navajos had settled in this area as early as 1630.^[1] The Hubbell family had a trading post here between 1880 and1882.^[2]

Notes

↑ Wagner, Marilyn R. ; Travis, Richard W. and Jett, Stephen C. (September 1979) "In Search of the Navajo's Canadian Connection" Annals of the Association of American Geographers 69(3): pp. 480-485, p. 481
↑ "Hubbell Trading Post - National Historic Site" National Park Service, USA

Municipalities and communities of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States

County seat: Tierra Amarilla

City	Española‡

Village	Chama

CDPs	Abiquiú Alcalde Brazos Canjilon Cañones Canova Chamita Chili Chimayo‡ Cordova Coyote Dixon Dulce El Duende El Rito Ensenada Gallina Hernandez La Madera La Mesilla La Villita Los Luceros Los Ojos Lumberton Lyden Ohkay Owingeh Pueblito San Jose San Juan Santa Clara Pueblo Tierra Amarilla Truchas Velarde Youngsville

Other unincorporated communities	Arroyo Del Agua Cañoncito Cebolla Embudo Las Tablas Lindrith Medanales Navajo City Ojo Sarco Petaca Rutheron San Lorenzo Vallecitos

Ghost towns and former settlements	Hopewell Riverside Santa Rosa de Lima Sublette

Indian reservation	Santa Clara Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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