Cliff 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
Grant County Grant County may refer to:
Places
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Grant County is a county located in the northern pa ...
,
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 293 as of the
2010 census.
History
Cliff and the nearby town of
Gila were settled in 1884, in the Gila River Valley. The area was and is primarily a ranching and farming community. The local Cliff Post Office was established on August 4, 1894.
Stolen de Kooning painting
In 2017, ''
Woman-Ochre'', a 1955 painting by
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning ( , ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married pa ...
, which was stolen from the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art in 1985, was found in the home of a recently deceased couple in Cliff.
Culture
The annual Grant County Fair is held annually at the adjoining fairgrounds next to Cliff High School.
Education
Cliff schools are part of the Silver Consolidated School District. The District's main office is located in
Silver City.
*Cliff Elementary School (K-6)
**Students: 124
**Teachers: 7.7
*Cliff High School (7-12)
**Students 155
**Teachers 12.1
Transportation
U.S. Route 180
U.S. Route 180 is an east–west United States highway. Like many three-digit routes, US 180 no longer meets its "parent", US 80. US 80 was decommissioned west of Mesquite, Texas, and was replaced in Texas by Interstate 20 and Interstate 1 ...
connects Cliff to
Silver City, and
NM 211 connects Cliff to
Gila.
Points of interest
*Bill Evan's Lake
*Gila Riparian Preserve
*Gila Valley Deli & Bakery
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Grant County, New Mexico
Census-designated places in New Mexico
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