Blanco 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 ...

in San Juan 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. Its population was 388 as of the 2010 census. Blanco has a

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with ZIP code 87412, which opened on March 6, 1901.

U.S. Route 64 U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,281 miles (3,672 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route ...

passes through the community. A parish was established in Blanco in 1900 with St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church being the mother church for many missions.

Demographics

Education

The area school district is

Bloomfield Schools Bloomfield Schools (also known as the Bloomfield School District) is a public school district based in Bloomfield, New Mexico, United States. The district covers a area in eastern and southeastern San Juan County. In addition to the majority ...

. Bloomfield High School is the local high school.

References

Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in San Juan County, New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub