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History · Bibo

Bibo’s post office opened in 1895, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Bibo began

When was Bibo founded?

1895

The Bibo post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 121131 years
Founding year: the first Bibo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Bibo, in brief

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

Bibo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bibo had a population of 121. Bibo is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of Laguna on Route 279 (north of Interstate 40). The town was named after the Bibo brothers, who settled in the area in the 1880s. Ben Bibo operated a trading post from 1895 to 1920.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 140 to 121 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Bibo, 1895 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Bibo post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920Post officeThe Bibo post office closes
  5. 1923Born hereJoseph Fidel is born here
  6. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bibo on the map in 1957

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bibo.

Bibo on the 1957 USGS map1957Seboyeta 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 Bibo.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Bibo had its own post office from 1895 to 1920.

Bibo
1895–1920
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cebolletita
Gone or out of use
Bibo Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Bibo
Bibo

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.

SeboyetaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoquinoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaguateIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Bibo’s history

What year was Bibo founded?

The Bibo post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.