Prewitt, New Mexico

Prewitt (Navajo: Kin Łigaaí) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

[3] Prewitt is within the Baca/Prewitt (Kin Łigaaí) Chapter House boundary in the "Checkerboard Area" of the Navajo Nation.

[6][7] This means that Prewitt lies within the external boundaries of the Navajo Nation, but contains a mix of tribal, BLM, state, and private lands.

It is a part of the Zuni Uplift,[8] and is characterized by piñon/juniper woodland, red rock hoodoos, mesas, and desert grasslands.

Prewitt is the home of Baca /Dlo'Ay Azhi Community School run by the Bureau of Indian Education.

Rocky cliff in foreground with piñon branches looking down onto piñon/juniper woodland and grassy openings 300 feet below. Dirt roads, arroyos, and railway lines cross the land in the distance.
Typical landscape in Prewitt, NM (87045)
Brick post office building with US flag and blue mail collection box
Prewitt Post Office (87045)
Railroad crossing signal on two-lane asphalt road with grassland in the midrange view and red cliffs and mesas in the distance
BNSF railway crossing on McKinley County Highway 19 in Prewitt, looking toward Prewitt's red cliffs and mesas.
Map of New Mexico highlighting McKinley County