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History · Ko Vaya

Half of Ko Vaya’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Ko Vaya was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1937 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ko Vaya’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 Ko Vaya are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Ko Vaya, in brief

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

Ko Vaya is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 46 at the 2010 census.

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

Timeline

Ko Vaya, 1883 to 1937

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Cababi post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Cababi post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1937On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Ko Vaya on the map, 1937 to 1979

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

Ko Vaya on the 1937 USGS mapKo Vaya on the 1942 USGS mapKo Vaya on the 1979 USGS map1937Comobabi sheet · 1:62,500

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Cababi, opened and closed inside today’s town.

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.