Twin Lakes, NM

Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 1,004 residents. The community is in western McKinley County along U.S. Route 491, which leads south 14 miles to Gallup, the county seat, and north 10 miles to Tohatchi. The area drains northeast toward Coyote Wash, a tributary of the Chaco River and part of the San Juan River watershed. Twin Lakes is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. Zoned schools are: Twin Lakes Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Tohatchi Middle School in Tohatchi, and Tohatchi High School in Tohatchi. The through line in Twin Lakes is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Twin Lakes makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.