Naco’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Naco. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The present-day unincorporated town of Naco, Arizona, was established in the early 20th century. The area was originally settled by the Nahua and Opata Indians. Naco means "nopal cactus" in the Opata language. The U.S. Congress officially established Naco as a Port of Entry on June 28, 1902. Today, the Naco port of entry is open 24 hours per day.
Occasionally the people on both sides of the border use the border fence as the net in a volleyball game.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Naco’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Naco’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewArizona-Mexican Boundary Line in …, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Naco
See all 1 →Naco, decade by decade
![First Seperate [sic] Battalion Infantry, Washington, D.C.; Camped on the Mexican border](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/36131/519c32f0f145a21bc04b-s.jpg)
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Arizona-Mexican Boundary Line in vicinity of Naco and Douglas (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.