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History · Low Mountain

Half of Low Mountain’s homes were built after 1994

Most of Low Mountain was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Low Mountain’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 Low Mountain are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Low Mountain, in brief

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

Low Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 757 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 757 to 631 (-17%).

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

By decade

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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

Low Mountain on the map, 1966 to 1990

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

Low Mountain on the 1966 USGS mapLow Mountain on the 1982 USGS mapLow Mountain on the 1990 USGS map1966Keams Canyon 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 Low Mountain.

Famous people

Famous people close to Low Mountain

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

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Jeremiah BitsuiAmerican actor · b. 2000
Fred KabotieHopi painter, silversmith, farmer, writer, and … · b. 1900
R. C. GormanDiné (Navajo) painter and printmaker · b. 1931
Joe Shirley, Jr.President of the Navajo Nation · b. 1947
Dan NaminghaHopi painter and sculptor (b. 1950) · b. 1950
Michael KabotieHopi silversmith, painter, sculptor and lecture… · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Low Mountain Airportairport

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

Questions about Low Mountain’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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.