The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBoles Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Boles Acres had a population of 1,788.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,638 to 1,788 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Boles Acres 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boles Acres’s history is told.
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Boles Acres, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Boles Acres is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Boles Acres has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Alamogordo in Alamogordo, 5.7 miles away.
Boles Acres and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.