Animas, New Mexico

Animas, New Mexico
Aerial view
Animas
Animas
Coordinates: 31°56′56″N 108°48′46″W / 31.94889°N 108.81278°W / 31.94889; -108.81278
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyHidalgo
Area
  Total
15.66 sq mi (40.57 km2)
  Land15.66 sq mi (40.57 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
4,413 ft (1,345 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
180
  Density11.49/sq mi (4.44/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
88020
Area code575
FIPS code35-03750
GNIS feature ID2584046

Animas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in west-central Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern corner of the state. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 237.

It lies at the intersection of State Roads 9 and 338, at an elevation of 4,406 feet (1,343 m) approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of the city of Lordsburg, the county seat. Although Animas is unincorporated, it has a post office, which opened in 1909, with the ZIP code of 88020.