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History · Rough Rock

Half of Rough Rock’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Rough Rock was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 2000.

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

Rough Rock, in brief

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

Rough Rock (Navajo: Tséchʼízhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 414 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 414 to 428 (+3%).

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

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On the map

Rough Rock on the map, 1968 to 1984

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

Rough Rock on the 1968 USGS mapRough Rock on the 1984 USGS map1968Rough Rock 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 Rough Rock.

People over time

Rough Rock, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40020002020Peak: 1,300

Between 414 and 1,300 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Rough Rock Airstripairport

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, 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.