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History · Laguna Seca

Half of Laguna Seca’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Laguna Seca was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Laguna Seca’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 Laguna Seca are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laguna Seca’s history is told.

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The story

How Laguna Seca came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Laguna Seca.

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The Laguna Seca Ranch was initially established in the year 1867 by Macedonio Vela Senior and his wife Mercedes Chapa Cantu. Approximately ten years earlier, Macedonio Vela Senior fled from Mexico to escape the wave of executions associated with the War of Reform. In 1867, he purchased one square league (4,428 acres (18 km2)) of the Santa Anita Land Grant from John and Salome Balli McAllen.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Laguna Seca on the map, 1957 to 1980

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

Laguna Seca on the 1957 USGS mapLaguna Seca on the 1970 USGS mapLaguna Seca on the 1980 USGS map1957Edcouch 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 Laguna Seca.

People over time

Laguna Seca, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 266

Between 232 and 266 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Laguna Seca’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Laguna Seca

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

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Raquel RodriguezAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1991
Rubén HinojosaAmerican politician · b. 1940
David SpielbergAmerican actor · b. 1939
Kika de la GarzaAmerican politician · b. 1927
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Omar FigueroaAmerican boxer · b. 1989
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Brandon FigueroaAmerican boxer · b. 1996
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
15 1/2 North-FM 491 Colonia
1cemetery inside Laguna Seca
San Jose Ranch

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Laguna Seca’s history

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.