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House’s post office opened in 1906, and 83% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1960.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
83%homes built before 1940
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How House began

When was House founded?

1906

The House post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 139 in 19602020 census: 56120 years
Founding year: the first House post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about House’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 House are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of House’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how House’s history is told.

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The story so far

House, in brief

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

House is a village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 56 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 68 to 56 (-18%).

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

By decade

House, decade by decade

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On the map

House on the map, 1954 to 1973

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

House on the 1954 USGS mapHouse on the 1973 USGS map1954Clovis sheet · 1:250,000

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

People over time

House, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 139

Between 56 and 139 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Questions about House’s history

What year was House founded?

The House post office opened in 1906, 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 (1), 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.