title: Newkirk, New Mexico
text: # Newkirk, New Mexico
  
  Newkirk is a village in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at the junction of Interstate 40 and New Mexico State Road 129; historic U.S. Route 66 also passes through the community. Its population was 7 as of the 2010 census. Newkirk has a post office serving ZIP Code 88431, and a service station. It is part of the Newkirk Census Designated Place (CDP).
  
  Newkirk was originally called Conant, it was founded in the early 20th century. In the 1930s Newkirk had four gas stations, several restaurants, De Baca's Trading Post, and a scattering of cabins.
  
  ## Education
  
  Its school district is Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools.
  
  ## Notable person
  
  * Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (1894-1991) - educator, nutritionist, activist, writer, inventor of the u-shaped fried taco shell.
  