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History · Navajo Dam

Navajo Dam’s post office opened in 1959

Most of Navajo Dam was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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How Navajo Dam began

When was Navajo Dam founded?

1959

The Navajo Dam post office opened in 1959, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 25367 years
Founding year: the first Navajo Dam post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Navajo Dam’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 Navajo Dam are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Navajo Dam’s history is told.

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The story so far

Navajo Dam, in brief

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

Navajo Dam is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 253 as of the 2020 census. Navajo Dam has a post office with ZIP code 87419. The community is located in the vicinity of Navajo Dam.

Its first post office opened in 1959. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 281 to 253 (-10%).

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

By decade

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

Navajo Dam on the map, 1954 to 1971

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

Navajo Dam on the 1954 USGS mapNavajo Dam on the 1971 USGS map1954Pine River 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 Navajo Dam.

Famous people

Famous people close to Navajo Dam

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

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Stuart RoosaAmerican astronaut · b. 1933
Sepp KussAmerican road cyclist · b. 1994
Melanie StansburyUnited States Representative from New Mexico si… · b. 1979
Quinn SimmonsAmerican cyclist · b. 2001
Tom TullyAmerican actor · b. 1908
Turrell V. WylieAmerican tibetologist · b. 1927
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Navajo Dam’s post office has been open since 1959.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Archuleta
1cemetery inside Navajo Dam
Our Lady of Guadalupe

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BlancoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Navajo Dam’s history

What year was Navajo Dam founded?

The Navajo Dam post office opened in 1959, 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.