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History · Santa Fe Foothills

Half of Santa Fe Foothills’ homes were built after 1987

Most of Santa Fe Foothills was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Santa Fe Foothills’ 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 Santa Fe Foothills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18893 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1983. Watch Santa Fe Foothills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Santa Fe Foothills’s history is told.

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On the map

Santa Fe Foothills on the map, 1889 to 1983

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

Santa Fe Foothills on the 1889 USGS mapSanta Fe Foothills on the 1894 USGS mapSanta Fe Foothills on the 1983 USGS map1889Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Foothills.

The story so far

Santa Fe Foothills, in brief

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

Santa Fe Foothills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Santa Fe Foothills had a population of 1,074. The CDP is in northern Santa Fe County and is bordered to the northwest by the city of Santa Fe, the state capital, to the west by Conejo, to the southwest by Sunlit Hills, to the southeast by Cañada de los Alamos, and to the northeast by Santa Fe National Forest. The community is in the foothills of the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Santa Fe Foothills

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

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Adrian GrenierAmerican actor, director, producer, musician · b. 1976
Ben Ray LujánU.S. Senator from New Mexico · b. 1972
Lori NelsonAmerican actress and model · b. 1933
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Lucky VarelaAmerican politician · b. 1935
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Augustine AbeytaTesuque Pueblo painter · b. 1914
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Santa Fe52 historic placesACañada de los AlamosIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConejoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSunlit Hills1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.