Jamestown, New Mexico

Jamestown is an unincorporated community located along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. El Paso Natural Gas Company built a refinery at the Continental Divide in New Mexico around the area of 35.48698357712149, -108.4264608980443.[2] The refinery was known locally as the Gallup Refinery or the Ciniza Refinery. By 1964, El Paso Gas sold the refinery to the Shell Oil Company.[3] Then in 1982, Giant Oil Refining purchased the refinery from Shell.[4] In 1987. Giant built the largest truck stop and retail facility in their chain one mile south from the refinery.[5] On June 7, 2003, Giant sold its travel center in Jamestown to Pilot Travel Centers.[6] Pilot Travel Center #305 [7][8] houses Jamestown's post office; the post office has ZIP code 87347.[1][7] Also inside the travel center's mall are a Subway and a Denny's as well as a thirty-seat theater. Near the mall, and still part of the Pilot Travel Center, is a Bosselman Boss Shop available for full service truck servicing and repair.[9]

Jamestown, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Jamestown, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°28′51″N 108°25′58″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87347[1]
Area code(s)505

According to USA Today, in 1993 the truck stop and refinery were the only two establishments in the community.[8] By 2020, there were also a Fire Department[10] and a Gun Supply store[11] The oil refinery changed ownership several times[12] and was slated to close by October of 2020, as per its last owner, Marathon Petrolueum. [13]

References
  1. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. "Gallup Refinery". Wikipedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "Flying J The Giant Truck Stop Jamestown, NM". John the Mouse Video. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. "Nation's Truckers Find Desert Oasis - One-Stop Service For Weary Drivers". Associated Press. March 1, 1993.
  8. Jones, Del (June 8, 1993). "The truck stops here - New Mexico center has amenities of airport terminal". USA Today.
  9. "Locations". Bosselman Boss shops. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. "McKinley County Whispering Cedars Fire Dept". Emergency Medical Services Tracking and reporting System (NMEMSTARS). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  11. "Jonni R Myers Brown Warrior Women Gun Supply". FFL Registry. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  12. "EPA, NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT REACH SETTLEMENT WITH WESTERN REFINING". Internet WayBack Machine. Internet Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  13. "StackPath". www.ogj.com.


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