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History · North Light Plant

Half of North Light Plant’s homes were built after 1993

Most of North Light Plant was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Light Plant’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 North Light Plant are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

North Light Plant, in brief

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

North Light Plant is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Light Plant had a population of 556. New Mexico State Road 574 passes through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 414 to 556 (+34%).

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

By decade

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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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On the map

North Light Plant on the map, 1963 to 1979

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

North Light Plant on the 1963 USGS mapNorth Light Plant on the 1979 USGS map1963Flora Vista 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 North Light Plant.

Famous people

Famous people close to North Light Plant

Nobody well known was born in North Light Plant 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

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Aztec Gypsum Prospectmine

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

Questions about North Light Plant’s history

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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 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.