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History · Lopeño

The history of Lopeño

Below: maps from 1938 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lopeño’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 Lopeño are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 174 in 2010; 70 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lopeño’s history is told.

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People over time

Lopeño, census by census

010020002020Peak: 174

Peaked at 174 in 2010; 70 people lived here in 2020.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

The story

How Lopeño came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lopeño.

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The development of the area began c. 1747 when Col. José de Escandón began bringing colonists to establish permanent settlements along Mexico's northern frontier, when parcels of land were granted to the colonists by the Spanish government. In 1767 Ysabel María Sánchez, widow of early settler and rancher Joseph López, was allotted more than 6000 acres. The village of Lopeño, later developed on this land, was named after the López family.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lopeño, 1908 to 2010

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Lopena post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Lopena post office closes
  4. 1910Post officeThe Lopeno post office opens
  5. 1938On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 21st century
  7. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 174
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On the map

Lopeño on the map, 1938 to 1985

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

Lopeño on the 1938 USGS mapLopeño on the 1965 USGS mapLopeño on the 1985 USGS map1938Falcon 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 Lopeño.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

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

Lopena
1908–1910
Lopeno
1910–today
19001960today

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

Questions about Lopeño’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), 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.