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History · McCartys Village

Half of McCartys Village’s homes were built after 1987

Most of McCartys Village was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From McCartys Village’s archive · credits on each photo
The story so far

McCartys Village, in brief

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

McCartys Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, consisting of the unincorporated community known as McCartys. As of the 2020 census, McCartys Village had a population of 360. It is part of the Acoma Pueblo.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 48 to 360 (+650%).

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

By decade

McCartys Village, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s6 items
McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian…McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian…McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian…McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian…McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing Indian farms and a school on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betwee…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing Indian farms…Untitled photo, possibly related to: McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchis…1943Untitled photo, possibly related to: McCartys (vicini…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

McCartys Village on the map, 1957 to 1971

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

McCartys Village on the 1957 USGS mapMcCartys Village on the 1971 USGS map1957Mc Cartys 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 McCartys Village.

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.

McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…
Retake this viewMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…, 1943

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to McCartys Village

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

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Paula Gunn AllenAmerican writer · b. 1939
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Marvin StephensAmerican film actor · b. 1922
Lee MarmonAmerican photographer · b. 1925
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Clemente SanchezAmerican politician · b. 1958
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Frank HudsonAmerican football player · b. 1875
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Jack WallaceAmerican football player and coach · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
McCartys

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

Help out

Finish McCartys Village’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passin…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Skyline-GanipaIts storyC−Acomita LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about McCartys Village’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 the Library of Congress (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.