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History · El Morro Valley

1 of El Morro Valley’s places is on the National Register

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El Morro Valley, in brief

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El Morro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It includes El Morro National Monument and the unincorporated community of El Morro. The area was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, El Morro Valley had a population of 30. The CDP is in northwestern Cibola County along New Mexico State Road 53; it is 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Ramah and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Interstate 40 at Grants. It is remotely located 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Grants along New Mexico State Road 53 (also known as the Ancient Way), and 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Gallup. El Morro is named after a nearby sandstone promon…

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On the National Register

1 historic place in El Morro Valley

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

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1966
El Morro National Monument
El Morro National Monument, built 1906
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El Morro National MonumentBuilt 1906

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Places that used to be

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El Morro
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El Morro Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside El Morro Valley
El Morro

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

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What is on the National Register in El Morro Valley?

One place: the El Morro National Monument (listed 1966).

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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 →

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