Gamerco

History

Gamerco was settled as a company town in 1920 when the Gallup American Coal Company (from which the community is named) began sinking coal mine shafts in the surrounding hills. A coal processing plant, rail spur, power plant, and a church were built to serve the community and its mining operations. Around 500 coal miners and their families called Gamerco home. In the 1960s the coal mines were closed, the power plant decommissioned, and the railroad spur removed.

Geography

Gamerco is in west-central McKinley County, north of the city of Gallup. U.S. Route 491 forms the eastern edge of the community; it runs south to Interstate 40 in Gallup and north to Yah-ta-hey. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Gamerco CDP has an area of , all land. The area drains toward Gamerco Wash, which runs south to the Puerco River in Gallup, part of the Little Colorado River watershed.

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Largest nearby schools

• MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL
  High · GALLUP · 1,393 students · 26.3:1 ratio
• GALLUP HIGH
  High · GALLUP · 961 students · 21.8:1 ratio
• JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE
  Middle · GALLUP · 630 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• HOZHO ACADEMY
  Other · GALLUP · 616 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLE
  Middle · GALLUP · 609 students · 21.8:1 ratio
• JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
  Elementary · GALLUP · 488 students · 18.8:1 ratio
• DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
  Elementary · GALLUP · 477 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• GALLUP MIDDLE
  Middle · GALLUP · 400 students · 19:1 ratio