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History · Seton Village

75% of Seton Village’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

0on the National Register
75%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Seton Village’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 Seton Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Seton Village’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Seton Village, in brief

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

Seton Village is a National Historic Landmark District in a rural residential area south of Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It encompasses a residential settlement and educational facility established in 1930 by Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946), an educator and conservationist best known as a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. The district includes the remains of Seton's 32-room home and other residential and educational buildings constructed mostly between 1930 and 1945. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

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

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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

Seton Village on the map, 1952 to 2002

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

Seton Village on the 1952 USGS mapSeton Village on the 1977 USGS mapSeton Village on the 2002 USGS map1952Seton Village 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 Seton Village.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Arroyo HondoIts 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 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.