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Shiprock, NM - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Shiprock  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Shiprock Home page. The Shiprock Home page provides as much information as possible on Shiprock. Knowing Shiprock’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Shiprock’s Home page, you will also find Shiprock’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Shiprock has a population of 8588. 49% of Shiprock’s inhabitants are Male, and 51 are female. 35.6% of Shiprock is married and 56.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $81,941, and the average rent is $573. Household median income in Shiprock is $36,747, and the individual median income is $20,478. Shiprock’s Ethnic is the following: Native(95.1%), Hispanic(3%), White(1.8%), Asian(1.2%), Multiple(1.1%), Other(0.5%), Black(0.3%), Pacific(0.1%).


Shiprock (Navajo: Naatʼáanii Nééz) is a unincorporated community on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Shiprock as a census-designated place (CDP).


It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shiprock is named after the nearby Shiprock rock formation. Since 1903, the town has been called Naat’áanii Nééz (meaning “tall leader” in the Navajo language) after the San Juan Indian Agency superintendent William T. Shelton who settled Shiprock for the United States government.


Diné College is a local four-year college (formerly Navajo Community College), a tribally controlled community college with seven other campuses across the Navajo Nation. It is the site of a Chapter House for the Navajo, a Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and the Northern Navajo Medical Center (an Indian Health Service hospital).The town is a key road junction for truck traffic and tourists visiting the Four Corners, Mesa Verde, Shiprock and the Grand Canyon.


It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 64 and U.S. Route 491 (formerly U.S. Route 666). The annual Northern Navajo Fair is held every October. Since 1984, the community has hosted the Shiprock Marathon and Relay.


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