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Greasewood Chapter House, February 2019Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Greasewood

Half of Greasewood’s homes were built after 1973

Most of Greasewood was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
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Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Greasewood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Greasewood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greasewood’s history is told.

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The story so far

Greasewood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Greasewood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Greasewood (Navajo: Díwózhii Biiʼ Tó) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 547 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 547 to 372 (-32%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Greasewood, decade by decade

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Greasewood Chapter House, February 20192019Greasewood Chapter House, February 2019
On the map

Greasewood on the map, 1972 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greasewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Greasewood on the 1972 USGS mapGreasewood on the 1984 USGS map1972Greasewood sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Greasewood.

People over time

Greasewood, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 581

Between 372 and 581 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greasewood’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Greasewood

Nobody well known was born in Greasewood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Brett HelquistAmerican artist · b. 1966
James S. WallCatholic bishop · b. 1964
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Albert HaleAmerican politician from Arizona · b. 1950
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Vee F. BrowneAmerican journalist · b. 1956
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Milton Bluehouse, Sr.American politician · b. 1936
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Elizabeth WoodyNavajo/Wasco/Warm Springs/Yakama artist, poet, … · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Greasewood Airportairport

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Greasewood’s history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.