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History · Lindrith

Lindrith’s post office opened in 1919

Most of Lindrith was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1963 on.

1919first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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Quick answers

How Lindrith began

When was Lindrith founded?

1919

The Lindrith post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 32107 years
Founding year: the first Lindrith post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lindrith’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Lindrith’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lindrith’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewMargarita Martinez Homestead: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Lindrith, in brief

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

Lindrith is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lindrith had a population of 32. Lindrith is located in southern Rio Arriba County along New Mexico State Road 595. The community is named for Lindrith Cordell, stepson of C.C. Hill, who established a store and post office here in 1915 ( now with ZIP code 87029). The Lindrith Airpark, a public-use airport, is located in Lindrith. Lindrith has a charter elementary school, the Lindrith Area Heritage School.

Its first post office opened in 1919.

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

By decade

Lindrith, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Margarita Martinez HomesteadDate?Margarita Martinez HomesteadSenon S. Vigil HomesteadDate?Senon S. Vigil HomesteadMartin Apodaca Homestead, Canyon LargoDate?Martin Apodaca Homestead, Canyon LargoMartin Apodaca Homestead, El Buen Pastor, Canyon LargoDate?Martin Apodaca Homestead, El Buen Pastor, Canyon Largo
On the map

Lindrith on the map, 1963 to 1976

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

Lindrith on the 1963 USGS mapLindrith on the 1976 USGS map1963Lindrith 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 Lindrith.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Margarita Martinez Homestead
Retake this viewMargarita Martinez Homestead

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lindrith’s page.

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Questions about Lindrith’s history

What year was Lindrith founded?

The Lindrith post office opened in 1919, 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 the Library of Congress (4), 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.