Crownpoint

History

Crownpoint was founded in 1912 by Samuel F. Stacher as an Indian agency to serve the Navajo people in the Pueblo Bonito Agency of northwestern New Mexico. A school house, agency office and power house were built to accommodate future planned establishments. Chief Becenti, a local Navajo headman, is one of the first documented leaders of the area. He resided north of Crownpoint, where later in the 1930s a small community would be named after him, called Becenti Lake. In June 1965, Crownpoint was recognized as a local chapter government sub-unit of the Navajo Nation government. There are a total of 110 Navajo chapters across the Navajo Nation. The Crownpoint chapter serves as the center of Eastern Navajo Agency, and many tribal offices are located in the community.

Geography

Crownpoint is in central McKinley County along New Mexico State Road 371, which leads south to Thoreau and Interstate 40, and north to Farmington. The community sits at an elevation of on land that drains toward the Chaco River to the north. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Crownpoint CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.004%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• CROWNPOINT HIGH
  High · CROWNPOINT · 396 students · 20.8:1 ratio
• CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY
  Elementary · CROWNPOINT · 331 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• CROWNPOINT MIDDLE
  Middle · CROWNPOINT