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History · Causey

Causey’s post office opened in 1907, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1960.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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How Causey began

When was Causey founded?

1907

The Causey post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 38 in 19602020 census: 68119 years
Founding year: the first Causey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Causey’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 Causey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 150 in 1970; 68 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Causey’s homes were built before 1957.
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Start Causey’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Causey’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Causey, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 150

Peaked at 150 in 1970; 68 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Causey’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Causey, in brief

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

Causey is a village in eastern Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Causey had a population of 68.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 104 to 68 (-35%).

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

Timeline

Causey, 1907 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Causey post office opens
  3. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 150
By decade

Causey, decade by decade

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On the map

Causey on the map, 1954 to 1972

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

Causey on the 1954 USGS mapCausey on the 1962 USGS mapCausey on the 1972 USGS map1954Brownfield sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Causey

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

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Lee HorsleyAmerican actor · b. 1955
Ed ForemanTexas businessman and former congressman from T… · b. 1933
Cody RossBaseball player from the United States · b. 1980
Ben McCainAmerican actor · b. 1955
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Phil HardbergerAmerican politician, lawyer, and jurist who ser… · b. 1934
Baron VaughnAmerican comedian · b. 1980

Questions about Causey’s history

What year was Causey founded?

The Causey post office opened in 1907, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.