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History · Teec Nos Pos

Teec Nos Pos’ post office opened in 1961

Most of Teec Nos Pos was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1953 on, and the census since 2000.

1961first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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How Teec Nos Pos began

When was Teec Nos Pos founded?

1961

The Teec Nos Pos post office opened in 1961, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Carriso (1914), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 799 in 20002020 census: 50765 years
Founding year: the first Teec Nos Pos post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Teec Nos Pos’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 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 Teec Nos Pos’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewFour Corners Monument, marking the only…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Teec Nos Pos came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Teec Nos Pos.

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The community of Teec Nos Pos (Navajo: "Circle of cottonwood trees") was originally located several miles to the south of its present location, and was known as Tisnasbas, and so named officially by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1915.

The population has since moved north to the junction of U.S. Highways 160 and 64. In the 1930s, the Indian Irrigation Service constructed two concrete diversion dams on nearby T'iisnazbas Creek. The dams irrigated approximately 400 acres (1.6 km2) of Navajo farmland. It was renamed Teec Nos Pas in 1960 and Teec Nos Pos in 1983.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Teec Nos Pos, 1914 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1914Post officeThe Carriso post office opens
  3. 1920Post officeThe Carriso post office closes
  4. 1928Born herePeter MacDonald is born here
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1961Post officeThe Teec Nos Pos post office opens
  7. 1980In the archiveFour Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Ariz…
By decade

Teec Nos Pos, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New M…1980Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the U…
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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Date unknown1 to date
Beesh Ligaii Bighan, West-northwest of State Highway 506 & Indian Highway 63 JunctionDate?Beesh Ligaii Bighan, West-northwest of State Highway …
Today8 recent
A roughly paved road turns to dirt past a cattle guard near the tiny settlement of Teec Nos Pos, Navajo for "Cottonwood…2018A roughly paved road turns to dirt past a cattle guar…Formations near the tiny and remote settlement of Teec Nos Pos, Navajo for "Cottonwoods in a Circle", in the far-northe…2018Formations near the tiny and remote settlement of Tee…A horse drinks from a rainstorm puddle near the tiny and remote settlement of Teec Nos Pos, Navajo for "Cottonwoods in …2018A horse drinks from a rainstorm puddle near the tiny …Stormclouds over the desert near the tiny and remote settlement of Teec Nos Pos, Navajo for "Cottonwoods in a Circle", …2018Stormclouds over the desert near the tiny and remote …Walker Creek, Navajo Nation, Arizona2014Walker Creek, Navajo Nation, ArizonaWalker Creek, Navajo Nation, Arizona2014Walker Creek, Navajo Nation, ArizonaRed Mesa2010Red MesaDown the Road2009Down the Road
On the map

Teec Nos Pos on the map, 1953 to 1982

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

Teec Nos Pos on the 1953 USGS mapTeec Nos Pos on the 1982 USGS map1953Pastora Peak NE 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 Teec Nos Pos.

Then & now

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Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New M…
Retake this viewFour Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New M…, 1980

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People over time

Teec Nos Pos, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 799

Between 507 and 799 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Teec Nos Pos’ Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Teec Nos Pos’s post office has been open since 1961. Another post office, Carriso, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Carriso
1914–1920
Teec Nos Pos
1961–today
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Teec Nos Pos Landing Stripairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Teec Nos Pos’ history

What year was Teec Nos Pos founded?

The Teec Nos Pos post office opened in 1961, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (4), the Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.