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History · Cuba

Cuba’s post office opened in 1887

Most of Cuba was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1970.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Cuba began

When was Cuba founded?

1887

The Cuba post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 415 in 19702020 census: 628139 years
Founding year: the first Cuba post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Cuba, in brief

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

Cuba is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cuba had a population of 628. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 731 to 628 (-14%).

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

By decade

Cuba, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Main Road in2025Main Road inImmaculate Conception Catholic Church in2021Immaculate Conception Catholic Church inCu petrified wood2016Cu petrified woodCuba, New Mexico2014Cuba, New MexicoNMMap-doton-Cuba2004NMMap-doton-Cuba
On the map

Cuba on the map, 1940 to 2002

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

Cuba on the 1940 USGS mapCuba on the 1963 USGS mapCuba on the 2002 USGS map1940Cuba sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Cuba, census by census

0200400600800198020002020Peak: 760

Between 415 and 760 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Cuba’s post office has been open since 1887.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lagunitas
Gone or out of use
Butler Brothers MinemineCuba PitmineNacimiento Copper Minemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cuba’s history

What year was Cuba founded?

The Cuba post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (5), 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.