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History · Ute Park

Ute Park’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Ute Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1955 on.

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How Ute Park began

When was Ute Park founded?

1908

The Ute Park post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ute Creek (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 63118 years
Founding year: the first Ute Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ute Park’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 Ute Park’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ute Park, in brief

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

Ute Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ute Park had a population of 63. It was formerly part of the Maxwell Land Grant. Ute Park lies on U.S. Route 64 between Cimarron and Eagle Nest, just east of Cimarron Canyon State Park. In 1921, the Guide to New Mexico described it as: Ute Park was named for the Ute Indians, who lived on the east slope of near-by Mt. Baldy. The rebellious Ute resisted their white oppressors, and an Indian Agency and military force were maintained at Cimarron to keep them subdued, until they were finally moved to a reservation in southern Colorado and Utah. The village of Ut…

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 71 to 63 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Ute Park, 1868 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Ute Creek post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Ute Creek post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Ute Park post office opens
  6. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Ute Park on the map, 1955 to 1987

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

Ute Park on the 1955 USGS mapUte Park on the 1987 USGS map1955Ute Park sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ute Park.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ute Park

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

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Chiara AureliaAmerican actress · b. 2002
Ernest MedinaUS Army officer · b. 1936
Fred GrahamAmerican actor · b. 1908
Stafford L. WarrenAmerican physician and radiologist · b. 1896
David HykesAmerican music therapist · b. 1953
Chief OurayUte chief · b. 1833
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Ute Park’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Ute Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ute Creek
1868–1895
Ute Park
1908–today
18601940today

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

Questions about Ute Park’s history

What year was Ute Park founded?

The Ute Park post office opened in 1908, 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 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.