Mimbres’ post office opened in 1886, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940
8 places in town are on the National Register.
How Mimbres began, and where its name came from
When was Mimbres founded?
The Mimbres post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Mimbres get its name?
Mimbres was named after the Mimbres River.
8 historic places in Mimbres
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
All 8 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Mimbres’ history
What year was Mimbres founded?
The Mimbres post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Mimbres?
8 listings: 8 buildings, among them the Dr. Granville Wood House (listed 1988, the first). 10 historic buildings in all.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 National Register of Historic Places (8), 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.