sentences:  USS "LST-306", a World War II tank landing ship which participated in the Allied invasion of Italy, was renamed USS "Bernalillo County" in 1955.Sandia Mountain Wilderness was created in 1978 and the Petroglyph National Monument was established in June 1990.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water.