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History · Totah Vista

Half of Totah Vista’s homes were built after 1971

Most of Totah Vista was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1965 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Totah Vista’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 Totah Vista are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Totah Vista, in brief

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

Totah Vista is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Totah Vista had a population of 288. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in the northern part of the county, on the north side of the San Juan River. It is bordered to the north by Farmington, the largest city in the county.

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

Totah Vista on the map, 1965 to 1979

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

Totah Vista on the 1965 USGS mapTotah Vista on the 1979 USGS map1965Farmington South 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 Totah Vista.

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History across the town line

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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.