Vanderwagen, NM

Vanderwagen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 48 residents. The community is drained by Nelson Wash, a west-flowing tributary of Whitewater Arroyo, which continues west to join the Puerco River near Allentown, Arizona. Zoned schools are: David Skeet Elementary School in Vanderwagen, Gallup Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School. The through line in Vanderwagen is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Vanderwagen makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.