Bluewater Village, New Mexico

Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.

[5] The Bluewater post office, which is included in the CDP, has a ZIP code of 87005.

[6][4] There was formerly a Navajo community at this location, and the area was called Agua Azul.

Several Mormon settlers built an earthen dam and established a community nearby in 1896 named Mormontown.

The site was reclaimed in 1995, under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, and is monitored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Anaconda Copper 's Bluewater Mill, circa 1963
Map of New Mexico highlighting Cibola County