Cibola County, New Mexico
Cibola County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,172. Its county seat is Grants. It is New Mexico's youngest county, and the third youngest county in the United States, created on June 19, 1981, from the westernmost four-fifths of the formerly much larger Valencia County.
Cibola County Courthouse in Grants
Ventana Arch in El Malpais National Monument
The Mining Museum in Grants
Acoma Pueblo, "Sky City", 2008
Grants is a city in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about 78 miles (126 km) west of Albuquerque. The population was 9,163 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Cibola County.
The Grants Mining Museum, next to Historic Route 66
Aerial view of Grants in 2007. Black Mesa is above town, and to the west Grants adjoins Milan. Interstate 40 bends to avoid the mesa.
Grants' only Catholic church, St. Teresa