Windmill, NM

Windmill is a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 54 residents. The community is located along New Mexico State Road 9. The community was founded in the 1970s. Windmill's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider New Mexico setting. The local scoop is how Windmill's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. While it is located on a windy plain, as of 1991 it did not have a windmill despite its name.