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Teec Nos Pos, Arizona

Teec Nos Pos (Navajo: T’iis Názbąs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census. It is the western terminus of U.S. Route 64.

The community of Teec Nos Pos was originally located several miles to the south of its present location, and was known as Tisnasbas, and so named officially by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1915.

The population has since moved north to the junction of U.S. Highways 160 and 64. In the 1930s, the Indian Irrigation Service constructed two concrete diversion dams on nearby T'iisnazbas Creek. The dams irrigated approximately 400 acres (1.6 km2) of Navajo farmland. It was renamed Teec Nos Pas in 1960 and Teec Nos Pos in 1983.

Teec Nos Pos is the closest settlement of any size to the Four Corners Monument, which is approximately 7 miles (11 km) to the northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.3 square miles (37.0 km2), of which 0.012 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.07%, is water.

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Teec Nos Pos has a cold desert climate, abbreviated "BWk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Teec Nos Pos was 106 °F (41.1 °C) on July 12, 2021, while the coldest temperature recorded was −18 °F (−27.8 °C) on January 3, 1974.

As of the census of 2000, there were 799 people, 227 households, and 182 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 56.1 inhabitants per square mile (21.7/km2). There were 317 housing units at an average density of 22.3 units per square mile (8.6 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.5% Native American, 1.0% White, 0.1% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. 1.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 227 households, out of which 49.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 30.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.52 and the average family size was 4.02.

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census designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States
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