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History · North La Junta

51% of North La Junta’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the North La Junta School.

1on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North La Junta’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 North La Junta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of North La Junta’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How North La Junta came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North La Junta.

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The North La Junta School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

North La Junta, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in North La Junta

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
North La Junta School
North La Junta School, built 1914
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements1
North La Junta SchoolLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 1914

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to North La Junta

Nobody well known was born in North La Junta itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ken KeseyAmerican novelist · b. 1935
Linda SmithAmerican politician · b. 1950
Llewellyn ThompsonAmerican diplomat · b. 1904
John David VanderhoofRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1922
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Paul GebhardAmerican anthropologist and sexologist · b. 1917
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William Charles AndersonUnited States Air Force officer and author · b. 1920

Questions about North La Junta’s history

What is on the National Register in North La Junta?

One place: the North La Junta School (listed 1992).

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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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.