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History · Zia Pueblo

11% of Zia Pueblo’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 29 buildings. Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1969 on.

1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Zia Pueblo’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Zia Pueblo’s past

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

A historic districtThe Zia Pueblo takes in 29 historic buildings.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

1 listing protects 29 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
29
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Zia Pueblo
Zia Pueblo
Districts
Zia PuebloDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Zia Pueblo, in brief

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

Zia Pueblo (Eastern Keres: Tsi'ya, Ts'iiy'a, Spanish: Pueblo de Zía) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Zia Pueblo had a population of 760. The pueblo after which the CDP is named is included within the CDP; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Zia Pueblo is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 737 to 760 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Zia Pueblo, 1871 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871In the archiveSia, New Mexico
  3. 1885In the archiveThe pueblo of Zia, Indian family complete
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900In the archiveAntonio Sala-Govr. Pueblo of Sia
  6. 1902Born hereVelino Herrera is born here
  7. 1906Post officeThe Sia post office opens
  8. 1908Post officeThe Sia post office closes
  9. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1974In the archiveAERIAL VIEW Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS01-B-1974-402. - Pueblo of…
By decade

Zia Pueblo, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s–1900s3 items
Sia, New Mexicoc. 1871Sia, New MexicoThe pueblo of Zia, Indian family complete1885The pueblo of Zia, Indian family completeAntonio Sala-Govr. Pueblo of Sia1900Antonio Sala-Govr. Pueblo of Sia
1910s–1960snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
1970s1 item
AERIAL VIEW Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HABS-GS01-B-1974-402. - Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity, Zia…1974AERIAL VIEW Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate …
1980s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown2 to date
Zia dancerDate?Zia dancerPueblo of Zia, San Ysidro VicinityDate?Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity
Today3 recent
A "City of Gold"2014A "City of Gold"Zia reservation formation2008Zia reservation formationNMMap-doton-ZiaPueblo2004NMMap-doton-ZiaPueblo
On the map

Zia Pueblo on the map, 1969 to 2002

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

Zia Pueblo on the 1969 USGS mapZia Pueblo on the 2002 USGS map1969Jemez Pueblo 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 Zia Pueblo.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Sia, New Mexico
Retake this viewSia, New Mexico, c. 1871

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Zia Pueblo’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Sia, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Help out

Start Zia Pueblo’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSia, New Mexico: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Zia Pueblo’s history

What is on the National Register in Zia Pueblo?

One place: the Zia Pueblo (listed 1973).

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 (7), the Library of Congress (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.