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History · Round Rock

Half of Round Rock’s homes were built after 1991

Most of Round Rock was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 2000.

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

Round Rock, in brief

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

Round Rock (Navajo: Tsé Nikání) is a Navajo community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 789 at the 2010 census. It is named after Round Rock, a nearby mesa.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 789 to 640 (-19%).

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

Round Rock on the map, 1953 to 1982

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

Round Rock on the 1953 USGS mapRound Rock on the 1982 USGS map1953Los Gigantes SW 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 Round Rock.

People over time

Round Rock, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 789

Between 601 and 789 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Round Rock

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

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Jeremiah BitsuiAmerican actor · b. 2000
R. C. GormanDiné (Navajo) painter and printmaker · b. 1931
Joe Shirley, Jr.President of the Navajo Nation · b. 1947
Rex Lee JimAmerican politician and writer · b. 1962
Carl Nelson GormanNavajo artist, professor, code talker · b. 1907
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Naiomi GlassesDiné textile artist and skateboarder

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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.