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History · Pie Town

Pie Town’s post office opened in 1927

Most of Pie Town was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1967 on.

1927first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Russell Lee · Public domain
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How Pie Town began

When was Pie Town founded?

1927

The Pie Town post office opened in 1927, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 16699 years
Founding year: the first Pie Town post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pie Town’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 Pie Town 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 Pie Town’s history is told.

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The story so far

Pie Town, in brief

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

Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, Pie Town had a population of 166. Pie Town has been noted for its unusual name. Pie Town is the location of a "Pie Festival" on the second Saturday of each September. Pie Town is located immediately north of the Gila National Forest and not very far west of the Plains of San Agustin, the location of the Very Large Array radio telescope, which is also located along U.S. 60. In addition, one of the ten large radio antennas that form the Very Long Baseline Array of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory can be seen from U.S. 60, just east of P…

Its first post office opened in 1927. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 186 to 166 (-11%).

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

By decade

Pie Town, decade by decade

Today9 recent
U.S. Route 60 Pie Town, NM2016U.S. Route 60 Pie Town, NMView N from US Pieway 60, Pie Town, NM2012View N from US Pieway 60, Pie Town, NMView E, Entering Pie Town, New Mexico, 20122012View E, Entering Pie Town, New Mexico, 2012Dan Lee's Windmill and Tower Collection, 20122012Dan Lee's Windmill and Tower Collection, 2012Someone's Home in Pie Town2009Someone's Home in Pie TownPie Town Ruins2009Pie Town RuinsPie Town, NM2008Pie Town, NMPie Town Dancing2007Pie Town DancingOld and Busted - Flickr - Afroswede2004Old and Busted - Flickr - Afroswede
On the map

Pie Town on the map, 1967 to 1983

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

Pie Town on the 1967 USGS mapPie Town on the 1983 USGS map1967Pie Town 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 Pie Town.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Pie Town’s post office has been open since 1927.

Gone or out of use
Nalda Ranch Airportairport
1cemetery inside Pie Town
Juniper Haven

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

Questions about Pie Town’s history

What year was Pie Town founded?

The Pie Town post office opened in 1927, 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 Wikimedia Commons (9), 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.