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History · Tajique

Tajique’s post office opened in 1885

Below: maps from 1954 on.

1885first post office
0on the National Register
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How Tajique began

When was Tajique founded?

1885

The Tajique post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 106141 years
Founding year: the first Tajique post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Tajique’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tajique’s history is told.

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The story

How Tajique came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tajique.

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Tajique was originally a Tiwa pueblo. The name Tajique may have been derived from the Tiwa name Tush-yit-yay. The original date of settlement is unknown. In the early 17th century, Tajique served as the seat of the San Miguel Mission. After an Apache raid in 1674, the inhabitants of the Quarai pueblo joined the Tajique pueblo, doubling the population to over 600 residents. In 1675, a subsequent Apache raid forced the abandonment of the Tajique pueblo.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Tajique, 1885 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Tajique post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1965Post officeThe Tajique post office closes
By decade

Tajique, decade by decade

Today4 recent
San Antonio Catholic Church2019San Antonio Catholic ChurchNM State Road 552019NM State Road 55Mi Cabana2019Mi CabanaNMMap-doton-Tajique2004NMMap-doton-Tajique
On the map

Tajique on the map, 1954 to 1990

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

Tajique on the 1954 USGS mapTajique on the 1990 USGS map1954Tajique 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 Tajique.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tajique

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

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Toney AnayaAmerican politician · b. 1941
Mariano S. OteroAmerican politician · b. 1844
Rosa Maria CallesAmerican playwright · b. 1949
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Tajique had its own post office from 1885 to 1965.

Tajique
1885–1965
18801950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tajique
Old TajiqueTajique Catholic Church

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.

TorreonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Tajique’s history

What year was Tajique founded?

The Tajique post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (4), Wikipedia, 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.