Pie Town, NM

Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico. The 2020 census counted 166 residents. Pie Town has been noted for its unusual name. Pie Town is the location of a "Pie Festival" on the second Saturday of each September. Pie Town is located along U.S. 60, 83 miles west of Socorro and approximately 290 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona. The center of Pie Town is 2 miles west of where US 60 crosses the Continental Divide, and some visitors arrive by way of the Continental Divide Trail that provides a respite between Silver City and Grants, New Mexico.

In Pie Town, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Pie Town, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Pie Town is located immediately north of the Gila National Forest and not very far west of the Plains of San Agustin, the location of the Very Large Array radio telescope, which is also located along U.S. 60.