The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBeclabito (Navajo: Bitłʼááh Bitoʼ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Beclabito had a population of 265. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 317 to 265 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beclabito yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Beclabito’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beclabito’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTHE HOGAN IS THE TRADITIONAL DWEL…, 1972: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Beclabito, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Beclabito is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Beclabito has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is San Juan River Bridge at Shiprock in Shiprock, 17.6 miles away.
Beclabito and the nearest listed places
Closest to Beclabito
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as THE HOGAN IS THE TRADITIONAL DWELLING OF THE NAVAJO INDIANS (1972) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.