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History · Cedar Grove

Half of Cedar Grove’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Cedar Grove was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cedar Grove’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cedar Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Cedar Grove, in brief

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

Cedar Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Grove had a population of 549. Cedar Grove was formerly a stage and freight stop. It has developed into a Santa Fe suburb. New Mexico "cedars" (junipers) are abundant in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 747 to 549 (-27%).

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

By decade

Cedar Grove, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

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1cemetery inside Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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History across the town line

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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) 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.