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History · Seama

Seama’s post office opened in 1905, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on.

1905first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Seama began

When was Seama founded?

1905

The Seama post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 478121 years
Founding year: the first Seama post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Seama’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 Seama are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Seama’s homes were built before 1941.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seama’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Seama, in brief

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

Seama is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seama had a population of 478.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 465 to 478 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Seama, 1905 to 1957

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Seama post office opens
  3. 1932Post officeThe Seama post office closes
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Seama, decade by decade

Today3 recent
BIA Route 242012BIA Route 24Exit 104 to Cubero, Budville, and Seama, New Mexico, I-40 Westbound2010Exit 104 to Cubero, Budville, and Seama, New Mexico, …NMMap-doton-Seama2004NMMap-doton-Seama
On the map

Seama on the map, 1957 to 1971

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

Seama on the 1957 USGS mapSeama on the 1971 USGS map1957Cubero 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 Seama.

Famous people

Famous people close to Seama

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

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Paula Gunn AllenAmerican writer · b. 1939
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Marvin StephensAmerican film actor · b. 1922
Lee MarmonAmerican photographer · b. 1925
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Clemente SanchezAmerican politician · b. 1958
F
Frank HudsonAmerican football player · b. 1875
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Jack WallaceAmerican football player and coach · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Seama had its own post office from 1905 to 1932.

Seama
1905–1932
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HarrisburgNew YorkPhiladelphia
Gone or out of use
Seama Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Seama
New YorkSeama Village

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ParajeIts storyB−Cubero1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Acomita VillageIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Seama’s history

What year was Seama founded?

The Seama post office opened in 1905, 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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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.