San Jon is a village in
Quay CountyQuay County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the population was 10,155. Its county seat is Tucumcari. It was named for Pennsylvania senator Matthew Quay, who supported New Mexican statehood....
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,
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. The population was 306 at the 2000 census. The village has been slowly but steadily losing population. The name is supposed to be derived from "deep ravine".
The village was founded in 1902 and grew after the arrival of the railroad in 1904. It was once an important local commercial center and stop on
U.S. Route 66U.S. Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66, US Highway 66, was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year...
, and home to numerous tourist-oriented businesses such as gasoline service stations, cafes and motels.
San Jon is a village in
Quay CountyQuay County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the population was 10,155. Its county seat is Tucumcari. It was named for Pennsylvania senator Matthew Quay, who supported New Mexican statehood....
,
New MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 306 at the 2000 census. The village has been slowly but steadily losing population. The name is supposed to be derived from "deep ravine".
History
The village was founded in 1902 and grew after the arrival of the railroad in 1904. It was once an important local commercial center and stop on
U.S. Route 66U.S. Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66, US Highway 66, was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year...
, and home to numerous tourist-oriented businesses such as gasoline service stations, cafes and motels. However, when Interstate 40 bypassed the small village in 1981 and received only one exit from the freeway, the local economy went into a decline leading most of those businesses to shut down. Today, only one motel is still in operation and most of the gas stations and dining establishments are centered around the I-40 interchange on the north side of town.
Geography
San Jon is located at (35.107614, -103.330396).
According to the
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, the village has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), all of it land.
The village is located on US Route 40 at State Highway 469 and is east of
TucumcariThis article is about the city in New Mexico, USA. For other uses see Tucumcari .Tucumcari is a city in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 5,989 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Quay County. Tucumcari was founded in 1901...
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Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 306 people, 118 households, and 82 families residing in the village. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 116.5 people per square mile (44.9/km²). There were 133 housing units at an average density of 50.6/sq mi (19.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 87.91% White, 1.63% Native American, 6.54% from
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, and 3.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32.03% of the population.
There were 118 households out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were
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living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the village the population was spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 74.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $22,917, and the median income for a family was $27,000. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $16,607 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the village was $11,592. About 14.3% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 13.6% of those sixty five or over.
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