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History · Casas Adobes

14% of Casas Adobes’ homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Acklin Store. Below: maps from 1956 on.

1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Casas Adobes’ past

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

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The story so far

Casas Adobes, in brief

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

Casas Adobes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Casas Adobes had a population of 279. Previously it was included within the San Lorenzo CDP. The community is in eastern Grant County, in the valley of the Mimbres River. It is bordered to the northeast by San Lorenzo and to the north by Mimbres, both unincorporated. New Mexico State Road 152 passes just south of the community, leading west 14 miles (23 km) to Santa Clara and east over the Black Range 34 miles (55 km) to Hillsboro.

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

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On the map

Casas Adobes on the map, 1956 to 1999

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

Casas Adobes on the 1956 USGS mapCasas Adobes on the 1985 USGS mapCasas Adobes on the 1999 USGS map1956San Lorenzo sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Casas Adobes.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Casas Adobes

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Acklin Store
Acklin Store
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Acklin StoreBuilding · listed 1988

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Casas Adobes

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

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Paul BenedictAmerican actor · b. 1938
Elisa QuintanaAmerican astronomer · b. 1973
James TenneyAmerican composer and music theorist · b. 1934
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Leslie GravesAmerican actress · b. 1959
Karen ShepherdUnited States Congresswoman from Utah · b. 1940
Howie MoralesLieutenant Governor of New Mexico since 2019 · b. 1973
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mimbres8 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSan Lorenzo4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Casas Adobes’ history

What is on the National Register in Casas Adobes?

One place: the Acklin Store (listed 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). How TownRatings grades history →

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