PEDERNAL

NAME: PEDERNAL COUNTY: TORRANCE ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: It can extremely hot or extremely cold BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS: PEDERNAL. Post office 1917/1955. REMAINS: inquire locally

PEDERNAL. Span. 'flint or quartz, extreme hardness' Probably descriptive of the mountains 10 me SE of Clines Corners. Tewa, tsee peeng ya 'flaking stone mountain.'Small settlement 3 mi S of US 60, 9 mi SW of Encino. PEDERNAL PEAK. 14 mi N of Pedernal. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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