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History · Moenkopi

Half of Moenkopi’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Moenkopi was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Moenkopi’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Moenkopi’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moenkopi’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMale Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Moenkopi, in brief

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

Moenkopi (Hopi: Mùnqapi, Navajo: Oozéí Hayázhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to the southeast side of Tuba City off U.S. Route 160. The population was 964 at the 2010 census. A Hopi community, it was founded in 1870 as a summer farming area by people from the Hopi Third Mesa village of Oraibi. It is 40 miles (64 km) west of Third Mesa and is divided into the villages of Upper Moenkopi and Lower Moenkopi. It lies in a 250.306 km2 (96.644 sq mi) exclave of the Hopi Reservation that is separated from the main part of the reservation located to the east. Both parts are surrounded by Navajo Nation territory. The smaller section comprises…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 964 to 771 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Moenkopi, 1898 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898In the archiveMale Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, ca.1898 (CHS-4619)
  3. 20th century
  4. 1921In the archiveMoen Copie woolen mill (Mormon settlement in Arizona, 1921)
  5. 1947In the archiveCarl Oscar Borg The Chief's House
  6. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Moenkopi, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1940s3 items
Male Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, ca.1898 (CHS-4619)c. 1898Male Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, ca.1898 (CHS-4…Moen Copie woolen mill (Mormon settlement in Arizona, 1921)1921Moen Copie woolen mill (Mormon settlement in Arizona,…Carl Oscar Borg The Chief's House1947Carl Oscar Borg The Chief's House
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 recent
AZ 264 Moenkopi Wash 2006 09 082006AZ 264 Moenkopi Wash 2006 09 08AZ 264 Moenkopi Fields 2006 09 082006AZ 264 Moenkopi Fields 2006 09 08AZ 264 Moenkopi 2006 09 082006AZ 264 Moenkopi 2006 09 08
On the map

Moenkopi on the map, 1969 to 1983

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

Moenkopi on the 1969 USGS mapMoenkopi on the 1983 USGS map1969Moenkopi 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 Moenkopi.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Male Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, ca.1898 (CHS-4619)
Retake this viewMale Hopi weaver at Moenkopi, Arizona, ca.1898 (CHS-4619), c. 1898

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Moenkopi’s page.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Tuba City2 historic placesC

Questions about Moenkopi’s history

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Sources

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 (6), 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.