Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Jeddito was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 2000.
The Jeddito post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jeddito’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jeddito yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Jeddito (Navajo: Jádító) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 293 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1921. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 293 to 346 (+18%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jeddito. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jeddito.
Between 293 and 390 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Jeddito’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Jeddito itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Jeddito had its own post office from 1921 to 1934.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Jeddito post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
