Anzac, New Mexico
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Anzac Village is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
(CDP) in Cibola County,
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, United States. The population was 54 at the 2010 census.


Geography

Anzac Village is located in northern Cibola County, in the northwest corner of the Acoma Indian Reservation. It is bordered on the north by Anzac Road in the valley of the Rio San Jose; the road connects with Historic U.S. Route 66 to the east and west. The book place names of New Mexico states that the "town" is small, a railroad siding. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...
railroad bestowed the name on this site during WWI in honor of Australia's, and New Zealand's contribution to the war effort. According to the
United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, the CDP has a total area of , all land.


Demographics


References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Cibola County, New Mexico Census-designated places in New Mexico Acoma Pueblo