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History · Regina

Regina’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Regina was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1940 on.

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Quick answers

How Regina began, and where its name came from

When was Regina founded?

1911

The Regina post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 73115 years

How did Regina get its name?

Regina was named for Regina, Saskatchewan.

Founding year: the first Regina post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Regina’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 Regina 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 Regina’s history is told.

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The story so far

Regina, in brief

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

Regina is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Regina had a population of 73. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for Regina, Saskatchewan.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 105 to 73 (-30%).

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

Timeline

Regina, 1911 to 1966

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Regina post office opens
  3. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1966Post officeThe Regina post office closes
By decade

Regina, decade by decade

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On the map

Regina on the map, 1940 to 2002

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

Regina on the 1940 USGS mapRegina on the 1963 USGS mapRegina on the 2002 USGS map1940Cuba 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 Regina.

Famous people

Famous people close to Regina

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

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Antonio José MartínezNew Mexican priest, educator, publisher, ranche… · b. 1793
José Manuel GallegosAmerican politician · b. 1815
Francisco Antonio ManzanaresAmerican politician · b. 1843
Julian A. ChavezAmerican politician · b. 1808
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Regina had its own post office from 1911 to 1966.

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

Questions about Regina’s history

What year was Regina founded?

The Regina post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), 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.