Counselor, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Counselor, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Counselor, New Mexico
Counselor, New Mexico
Coordinates: 36°12′33″N 107°27′28″W / 36.20917°N 107.45778°W / 36.20917; -107.45778
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountySandoval
Elevation
7,027 ft (2,142 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87018[1]
Area code505
GNIS feature ID902808[2]

Counselor is an unincorporated community in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.[2] Counselor is located at the junction of U.S. Route 550 and New Mexico State Road 403. It is a chapter of the Navajo Nation.[3] It is named after Jim Counselor, who traded in the area in the first decades of the 20th century.[4]

Education

It is in Cuba Independent Schools.[5]

References

  1. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Counselor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "About Us". counselor.navajochapters.org. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Julyan, Robert (1998). The Place-Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.
  5. ^ Linthicum, Leslie (December 18, 1994). "Learning via satellite". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. 1F, 6F. - Clipping of first and of second page from Newspapers.com


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