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History · Chamita

1 of Chamita’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo. Most of Chamita was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 2 old photos and papers.

1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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What stands out about Chamita’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chamita’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewGENERAL VIEW - House next to Church, Ch…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Chamita, in brief

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

Chamita is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chamita had a population of 1,005. New Mexico State Road 74 passes through the community. During its earlier years, the community was known as San Pedro De Chamita and served as the first county seat for Rio Arriba county.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 870 to 1,005 (+16%).

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

By decade

Chamita, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
GENERAL VIEW - House next to Church, Chamita, Rio Arriba County, NMDate?GENERAL VIEW - House next to Church, Chamita, Rio Arr…House next to ChurchDate?House next to Church
Today1 recent
Chamita Church2009Chamita Church
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

GENERAL VIEW - House next to Church, Chamita, Rio Arriba County, NM
Retake this viewGENERAL VIEW - House next to Church, Chamita, Rio Arriba County, NM

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Chamita’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Chamita

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo
Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo, built 1925
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Parker Pony Truss1
Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan PuebloParker Pony Truss · Built 1925

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Chamita Post Officepost office

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.

PueblitoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEl DuendeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHernandezIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Chamita’s history

What is on the National Register in Chamita?

One place: the Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo (listed 1997).

Memory lane

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

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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 (2), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.