Wheatland, New Mexico

Wheatland is an unincorporated community in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.

[1] It is located approximated 15 miles (24 km) south of San Jon along New Mexico State Road 469.

In 1920, these were consolidated to form Wheatland School, which was housed in a frame stucco building constructed for the purpose.

The new buildings, reinforced with steel and plastered inside, used multicolored rock from a nearby quarry.

Completed in 1939, the buildings were only used as a school until the early 1950s, after which they were used as a community center for a time before being abandoned.

Map of New Mexico highlighting Quay County