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History · Las Tusas

Half of Las Tusas’ homes were built after 1990

Most of Las Tusas was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Las Tusas’ 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 Las Tusas 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 Las Tusas’s history is told.

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The story so far

Las Tusas, in brief

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

Las Tusas is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Las Tusas had a population of 253. At the 2010 census the CDP was known as Bluewater Acres.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Las Tusas on the map, 1963 to 1995

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

Las Tusas on the 1963 USGS mapLas Tusas on the 1980 USGS mapLas Tusas on the 1995 USGS map1963Pine Canyon 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 Las Tusas.

Famous people

Famous people close to Las Tusas

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

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Marvin StephensAmerican film actor · b. 1922
Ben ShellyPresident of the Navajo Nation · b. 1947
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Paul PlateroAmerican linguist · b. 1942
Alissa MorenoAmerican musician
Gerald Nailor, Sr.Navajo traditional painter from New Mexico · b. 1917
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Jack WallaceAmerican football player and coach · b. 1925
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

BluewaterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Las Tusas’ history

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.