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History · Pueblo

28% of Pueblo’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pueblo’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 Pueblo are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Pueblo, in brief

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

Pueblo is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pueblo had a population of 88. New Mexico State Road 3 passes through Pueblo.

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

Timeline

Pueblo, 1876 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe El Pueblo post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe El Pueblo post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Pueblo on the map, 1960 to 2002

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

Pueblo on the 1960 USGS mapPueblo on the 1989 USGS mapPueblo on the 2002 USGS map1960Villanueva sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Pueblo

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

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Wally FunkAmerican aviator and astronaut · b. 1939
Bruce KingAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1924
Teresa Leger FernandezAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1959
Ezequiel Cabeza De BacaGovernor of New Mexico · b. 1864
Gary KingAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1954
Eleanor Spiess-FerrisAmerican painter · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, El Pueblo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lower PuebloUpper Pueblo
1cemetery inside Pueblo
Pueblo

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

Questions about Pueblo’s history

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Sources

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.