Pueblo Pintado, NM

Pueblo Pintado is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 318 residents. The community is in northeastern McKinley County, bordered by San Juan and Sandoval counties to the north. Pueblo Pintado is served by Navajo Route 9, which leads southwest 14 miles to Whitehorse and southeast 25 miles to Torreon. Pueblo Pintado Community School, a K-8 school, is operated by the Bureau of Indian Education. The community is within the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. In Pueblo Pintado, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Pueblo Pintado, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places.