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History · Solomon

39% of Solomon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Solomon’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 Solomon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Solomon came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Solomon.

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In the early 19th century settlers who fit the modern term Hispanic came to the region. They named the town they founded "Pueblo Viejo" because of the previous Native American settlement, the ruins of which were still visible.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Solomon, decade by decade

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On the map

Solomon on the map, 1960 to 1985

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

Solomon on the 1960 USGS mapSolomon on the 1985 USGS map1960Safford 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 Solomon.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.