Manuelito, NM

Manuelito is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 68 residents. The community is in the western part of McKinley County in the valley of the Puerco River, 16 miles southwest of Gallup, the county seat, and 3 miles east of the Arizona border. New Mexico State Road 118 and Interstate 40 pass through the community. The community is within the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. Zoned schools are: Tobe Turpen Elementary School, Chief Manualito Middle School, and Gallup High School. In Manuelito, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Manuelito, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Manuelito includes the Puerco River.