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History · Adelino

Adelino’s post office opened in 1911, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Adelino was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Its Register listing is the Miguel E. Baca House. Its Register listing is the Miguel E. Baca House. Below: maps from 1952 on.

1911first post office
1on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Adelino began

When was Adelino founded?

1911

The Adelino post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 735115 years
Founding year: the first Adelino post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Adelino’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 Adelino 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 Adelino’s history is told.

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The story so far

Adelino, in brief

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

Adelino is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 783 as of the 2020 census. The Adelino CDP was first made in the 2010 census when it had a population of 823. Prior to 2010, the community was part of the Tome-Adelino CDP. Adelino contains the historic Miguel E. Baca House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 823 to 735 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Adelino, 1911 to 1952

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Adelino post office opens
  3. 1916Post officeThe Adelino post office closes
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Adelino, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Miguel E. Baca Hacienda2013Miguel E. Baca Hacienda
On the map

Adelino on the map, 1952 to 1991

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

Adelino on the 1952 USGS mapAdelino on the 1979 USGS mapAdelino on the 1991 USGS map1952Tome 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 Adelino.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Adelino

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Miguel E. Baca House
Miguel E. Baca House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

New Mexico1
Miguel E. Baca HouseNew Mexico

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Adelino

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

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Joe BacaAmerican politician · b. 1947
Adelina Otero-Warren1882-1965 , suffragist, politician, and author · b. 1881
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Gloria CastilloAmerican actress · b. 1933
Art AragonAmerican boxer · b. 1927
Mariano S. OteroAmerican politician · b. 1844
Tranquilino LunaAmerican politician · b. 1849
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Adelino had its own post office from 1911 to 1916.

Adelino
1911–1916
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Adelino Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Tome2 historic placesALos ChavesIts storyD

Questions about Adelino’s history

What year was Adelino founded?

The Adelino post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Adelino?

One place: the Miguel E. Baca House (listed 1978).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.