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History · Nadine

Nadine’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Nadine was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1958 on.

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Quick answers

How Nadine began

When was Nadine founded?

1910

The Nadine post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Roberts (1908), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 477116 years
Founding year: the first Nadine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nadine’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 Nadine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Nadine, in brief

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

Nadine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nadine had a population of 477. New Mexico State Road 18 passes through the community.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 376 to 477 (+27%).

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

Timeline

Nadine, 1908 to 1958

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Roberts post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Roberts post office closes
  4. 1910Post officeThe Nadine post office opens
  5. 1934Post officeThe Nadine post office closes
  6. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Nadine on the map, 1958 to 1973

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

Nadine on the 1958 USGS mapNadine on the 1962 USGS mapNadine on the 1973 USGS map1958Hobbs sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Nadine

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

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Tanya TuckerAmerican country singer · b. 1958
Damion JamesAmerican basketball player · b. 1987
Ryan BinghamAmerican musician · b. 1981
Colt McCoyAmerican football player · b. 1986
Larry GatlinAmerican country and gospel singer and songwrit… · b. 1948
Diane DenishAmerican politician · b. 1949
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Nadine had its own post office from 1910 to 1934. Another post office, Roberts, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Roberts
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Nadine
1910–1934
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Nadine Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Nadine’s history

What year was Nadine founded?

The Nadine post office opened in 1910, 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 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.