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History · Cundiyo

Cundiyo’s post office opened in 1922, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1922first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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How Cundiyo began

When was Cundiyo founded?

1922

The Cundiyo post office opened in 1922, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 144104 years
Founding year: the first Cundiyo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Cundiyo, in brief

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

Cundiyo 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, Cundiyo had a population of 144. The name means round hill of the little bells in Tewa.

Its first post office opened in 1922. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 72 to 144 (+100%).

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

Timeline

Cundiyo, 1922 to 1964

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1922Post officeThe Cundiyo post office opens
  3. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1964Post officeThe Cundiyo post office closes
By decade

Cundiyo, decade by decade

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On the map

Cundiyo on the map, 1953 to 1977

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

Cundiyo on the 1953 USGS mapCundiyo on the 1977 USGS map1953Cundiyo 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 Cundiyo.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cundiyo

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

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Scott TiptonAmerican politician · b. 1956
Patricia D. LopezAmerican computer scientist · b. 1950
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Jacobo de la SernaAmerican ceramic artist, Spanish Colonial schol… · b. 1965
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Nora Naranjo-MorseK'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo) potter and poet · b. 1953
Pablita VelardeK'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo) painter and illust… · b. 1918
Satya Rhodes-ConwayAmerican politician · b. 1971
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Cundiyo had its own post office from 1922 to 1964.

Cundiyo
1922–1964
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Cundiyo Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Cundiyo
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cundiyo’s history

What year was Cundiyo founded?

The Cundiyo post office opened in 1922, 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 (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.