Heaton, also called Camp Heaton, was a coal-mining company
town in McKinley County, in Heaton Canyon, about 3 miles northeast of
Gallup, New Mexico. Its post office opened in 1909 and closed in 1922.
The coal mine at Heaton was operated by the Gallup American Coal Company.
The community was founded in the early 1900's, and was abandoned in the
early 1920's.
Nothing remains of Heaton today--the location is now that of a ghost town.