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History · Catalpa Canyon

Half of Catalpa Canyon’s homes were built after 2008

Most of Catalpa Canyon was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2008. Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Catalpa Canyon’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 Catalpa Canyon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Catalpa Canyon, in brief

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

Catalpa Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 161.

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

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

Catalpa Canyon on the map, 1963 to 1995

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

Catalpa Canyon on the 1963 USGS mapCatalpa Canyon on the 1979 USGS mapCatalpa Canyon on the 1995 USGS map1963Bread Springs 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 Catalpa Canyon.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
George Coal MinemineJuliano MinemineKennedy MinemineNavajo Number 5mine

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.

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Questions about Catalpa Canyon’s history

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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 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.