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History · Llano del Medio

Half of Llano del Medio’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Llano del Medio was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1890 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Llano del Medio’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 Llano del Medio are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18903 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1983. Watch Llano del Medio change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Llano del Medio’s history is told.

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On the map

Llano del Medio on the map, 1890 to 1983

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

Llano del Medio on the 1890 USGS mapLlano del Medio on the 1963 USGS mapLlano del Medio on the 1983 USGS map1890Bernal sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Llano del Medio came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Llano del Medio.

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Llano del Medio is one of several settlements located along the Pecos River in the Anton Chico Land Grant created by the government of New Mexico in 1822. The early inhabitants were Hispanics and genizaros who migrated to LLano del Medio to attain land for growing crops and raising livestock. Llano del Medio served as one of the eastern outposts of New Mexico to defend against Indian raids on settlements in the Rio Grande valley. Many of the ciboleros (bison hunters) and comancheros (traders with the Plains Indians) of the 19th century came from the settlements along the Pecos River.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Llano del Medio

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

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Wally FunkAmerican aviator and astronaut · b. 1939
Rudolfo AnayaAmerican Chicano novelist, poet · b. 1937
Teresa Leger FernandezAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1959
Ezequiel Cabeza De BacaGovernor of New Mexico · b. 1864
Eleanor Spiess-FerrisAmerican painter · b. 1941
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Margaret LarkinAmerican musician · b. 1899
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Llano Viejo

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Llano del Medio’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikipedia, 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.