Pinehill or Pine Hill is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Cibola County
Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,213. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June 19, ...
,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
, United States. It is located on the
Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation
The Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation ( nv, Tł'ohchiní}) is a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in parts of west-central Cibola and southern McKinley counties in New Mexico, United States, just east and southeast of the Zuni India ...
. The population was 88 at the
2010 census.
The location of the CDP in 2010 had become the location of the
Mountain View CDP as of the
2020 census, while a new CDP named "Pinehill" was listed further south, at a point southeast of
Candy Kitchen.
Geography
Pinehill is located in western Cibola County, south of
New Mexico State Road 53
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and southeast of
Gallup.
Grants
Grant or Grants may refer to:
Places
*Grant County (disambiguation)
Australia
* Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia
United Kingdom
*Castle Grant
United States
* Grant, Alabama
*Grant, Inyo County, C ...
, the Cibola County seat, is to the northeast. In 2010, the Pinehill CDP was to the north, encompassing the area known as Mountain View, the central location for many of the Ramah Navajo government offices.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, in 2010 the CDP had a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 116 people, 36 households, and 29 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 47 housing units at an average density of 14.0 per square mile (5.4/km
2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00%
Native American.
There were 36 households, out of which 47.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 33.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 3.62.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,469, and the median income for a family was $25,469. Males had a median income of $0 versus $26,250 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $11,983. There were 38.5% of families and 29.2% of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including 39.1% of those under 18 and none of those over 64.
Education
Pine Hill is the location of the
Pine Hill Schools
The Pine Hill Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pine Hill, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the distr ...
, a tribal school operated by the Ramah Navajo School Board.
Many children also attend the public schools in
Ramah, New Mexico
Ramah ( nv, – place of wild onions) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population was 407 at the time of 2000 census and 370 at the 2010 United States Census.
Geography
Ramah is located at (35.135013, -1 ...
, including Ramah Elementary School and
Ramah Middle/High School
Ramah Middle/High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, near the Ramah census-designated place and with a Ramah postal address. It is a part of Gallup-McKinley County Schools.
Service area
In addition ...
, operated by the
Gallup-McKinley County Schools
Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) is a school district based in Gallup, New Mexico which serves students from Gallup and surrounding areas of McKinley County.
History
Prior to 1980, the district had of land. That year parts left to form the ...
. The proximity of the nearest schools in Cibola County were so far, away, that Cibola and McKinley counties agreed to have students sent to McKinley County schools.
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. The reservation is physically within
Grants/Cibola County Schools Grants/Cibola County Schools is a school district based in Grants, New Mexico, United States.
Attendance area
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however few children attend them from Pine Hill, since there is no school bus service to these schools from Pine Hill.
History of education
Historically Native students in the reservation attended
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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(BIA) boarding schools in New Mexico and other states. The BIA opened a Kindergarten through grade 3 day school, Mountain View Day School,
on the reservation in 1943. It had an enrollment of 30 students at the start.
[ A dormitory in Ramah Village, which had the nearest school district-operated public schools, opened in 1954, and Mountain View closed.][
The Ramah Village public high school closed circa 1968,][ due to being condemned.][ At first secondary students were forced to attend distant BIA boarding schools as the dormitory in Ramah now only took elementary students, and the Gallup-McKinley school district did not bus to other public schools. The Navajo Legal System Program (DNA) sued the school district in August 1968 in an attempt to reopen the public school. The courts ruled that the reservation could have busing to the public schools in ]Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
Zuni Pueblo (also Zuñi Pueblo, Zuni: ''Halona Idiwan’a'' meaning ‘Middle Place’) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 6,302 as of the 2010 Census. It is inhabited largely b ...
(including Zuni High School
Zuni High School (ZHS) is a public high school in Black Rock, New Mexico, with a Zuni Pueblo postal address. It is a part of the Zuni Public School District.
It includes sections in Cibola County and McKinley County (including Zuni Pueblo and Bl ...
), but the Gallup-McKinley County district chose to not allow its buses to enter Cibolo County, which contained the reservation. Therefore the Ramah Navajo Indian School Board was established in 1970 and established a plan to open a tribal school, which it did in the ex-Ramah School in 1970; the tribal school moved to Pine Hill in 1975.[ In 1983 the Ramah Village public high school reopened.][
In Summer 1994 the Ramah tribal government and the governments of ]Cibola County
Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,213. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June 19, ...
and McKinley County agreed to have two bus stops on the Ramah reservation, neither at Pinehill, but after parental outcry, a stop was established across from Pine Hill schools, and it began operation effective in December 1994.[ In January 1995 the Ramah Navajo chapter and the associated Ramah Navajo School Board, which operates Pine Hill Schools, sued the ]New Mexico Public Education Department
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and the Gallup McKinley County Schools arguing that the defendants breached the tribe's sovereignty by allowing the school district to extend school bus services further into the tribal grounds and therefore taking students who would have attended Pine Hill Schools and violating the previous agreement between the tribe and the counties.[ ]
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Post office
There is a post office in Pine Hill with the ZIP code 87357.
Radio station
The studio of the KTDB radio station, which serves the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation
The Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation ( nv, Tł'ohchiní}) is a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in parts of west-central Cibola and southern McKinley counties in New Mexico, United States, just east and southeast of the Zuni India ...
and surrounding areas is located in Pine Hill.
Health clinic
Pinehill is the location of the Pine Hill Health Clinic.
References
External links
Ramah Navajo Chapter
Ramah Navajo School Board
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Census-designated places in Cibola County, New Mexico
Census-designated places in New Mexico
Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation