Rock Springs

History

The Rock Springs Chapter started to take form in the late 1930s. It is part of the "Checker Board Area" in the Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation. The chapter area covers the communities of Sagebrush, China Springs, and Rock Springs. The community of Yatahey Junction (including Navajo Estates) is within the chapter boundaries, although is not governed by the chapter. The chapter is within commuting distance of Gallup and is influenced by this city in terms of modernization.

Geography

Rock Springs is in western McKinley County, by road northwest of Gallup, the county seat. It is bordered to the east by the Yah-ta-hey CDP. New Mexico State Road 264 crosses the northern part of Rock Springs, leading east to U.S. Route 491 at Yah-ta-hey and west to Window Rock, Arizona, capital of the Navajo Nation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rock Springs CDP has a total area of , all land. The area is drained by Burned Death Wash, which runs south to Defiance Draw, a tributary of the Puerco River and part of the Little Colorado River watershed.

Race & ethnicity

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