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McKinley County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- January 1, 1901
- Named after
- William McKinley
- Seat
- Gallup
- Largest city
- Gallup
- Total
- 5,455.5 sq mi (14,130 km )
- Land
- 5,450 sq mi (14,100 km )
- Water
- 5.5 sq mi (14 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 68,119
- Density
- 13/sq mi (5.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 3rd
- Website
- www .co .mckinley .nm .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
McKinley County is a county in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 72,902. Its county seat is Gallup. The county was created in 1901 and named for President William McKinley. McKinley County is Gallup's micropolitan statistical area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McKinley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.