Nakaibito, NM

Nakaibito is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 355 residents. The Mexican Springs post office serves the community. Nakaibito is in northwestern McKinley County, 3 miles west of U.S. Route 491 and 22 miles north of Gallup, the county seat. Nakaibito is in the Gallup-McKinley County Schools district. Zoned schools are, all in Tohatchi: Tohatchi Elementary School, Tohatchi Middle School, and Tohatchi High School. The through line in Nakaibito is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Nakaibito makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The area is drained by Figueredo Wash, which runs east toward Coyote Wash, part of the Chaco River watershed leading north to the San Juan River and eventually the Colorado River.