Becenti, NM

Becenti is a census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo Nation. The 2020 census counted 294 residents. The community is in the northern part of the county, less than a mile west of New Mexico State Road 371, part of the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway. Becenti is 11 miles north of Crownpoint and 75 miles south of Farmington. Becenti is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. The through line in Becenti is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Becenti makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.