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History · Cedro

Half of Cedro’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Cedro was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Cedro, in brief

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

Cedro is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cedro had a population of 416. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 430 to 416 (-3%).

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

By decade

Cedro, decade by decade

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On the map

Cedro on the map, 1954 to 1990

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

Cedro on the 1954 USGS mapCedro on the 1976 USGS mapCedro on the 1990 USGS map1954Sedillo 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 Cedro.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cedro

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

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Demi LovatoAmerican singer-songwriter and actress · b. 1992
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Jeff BezosAmerican business magnate · b. 1964
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Neil Patrick HarrisAmerican actor · b. 1973
William NordhausAmerican economist · b. 1941
Annabeth GishAmerican actress · b. 1971
Willow ShieldsAmerican actress · b. 2000
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Hattie Clay Pitsmine
1cemetery inside Cedro
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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 Cedro’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 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.