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History · Tsaile

Half of Tsaile’s homes were built after 1988

More historic than 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Tsaile was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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About Tsaile’s history

How historic is Tsaile?

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More historic than 4% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Tsaile’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tsaile is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tsaile’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±3.8) · typical AZ town 0.4% · U.S. 8.4%D−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical AZ town 0.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 4%
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Few Arizona towns list much on the Register (a typical Arizona town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tsaile’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Arizona towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points).

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Tsaile’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 Tsaile are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tsaile’s history is told.

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The story so far

Tsaile, in brief

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

Tsaile is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States, on the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,205 at the 2010 census. Tsaile is the home of the main campus of Diné College (formerly Navajo Community College), a tribally controlled community college. It has seven other campuses across the Navajo Nation. Tsaile Public School (Grades K-8) is located in Tsaile. Students attend Chinle High School in Chinle, Arizona, for high school, which is about 25 miles away via Navajo Route 64.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,205 to 1,408 (+17%).

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

By decade

Tsaile, decade by decade

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Ned A Hatathli Cultural Center2014Ned A Hatathli Cultural CenterNavajo Hogan in2008Navajo Hogan in
Famous people

Famous people close to Tsaile

Nobody well known was born in Tsaile 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
Clara ShermanNavajo artist · b. 1914
Joe Shirley, Jr.President of the Navajo Nation · b. 1947
Carl Nelson GormanNavajo artist, professor, code talker · b. 1907
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Arthur C. BegayNavajo artist · b. 1932

Questions about Tsaile’s history

How does Tsaile rank for history?

Tsaile is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Tsaile?

0.0% of Tsaile’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 0.4% for an Arizona town; the median home was built in 1988.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.