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History · San Pablo

Half of San Pablo’s homes were built after 1991

Most of San Pablo was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about San Pablo’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 San Pablo 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 San Pablo’s history is told.

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The story so far

San Pablo, in brief

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

San Pablo is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, San Pablo had a population of 858. The community is located south of Las Cruces along New Mexico State Road 28.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 806 to 858 (+6%).

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

San Pablo on the map, 1891 to 1982

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

San Pablo on the 1891 USGS mapSan Pablo on the 1982 USGS map1891Las Cruces sheet · 1:125,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to San Pablo

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

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Debbie ReynoldsAmerican actress, singer, and dancer · b. 1932
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Gene RoddenberryAmerican television screenwriter and producer · b. 1921
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Sandra Day O'ConnorAmerican lawyer and jurist · b. 1930
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Alan TudykAmerican actor · b. 1971
Anwar al-AwlakiAmerican-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist ext… · b. 1971
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Marcell JacobsItalian athlete · b. 1994

Questions about San Pablo’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.