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Chamberino’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Chamberino. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chamberino is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chamberino had a population of 736. A post office was established at Chamberino in 1880; although it was suppressed two years later, it was reëstablished in 1893 and continues to the present day. The ZIP code is 88027.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 919 to 736 (-20%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chamberino 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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Chamberino, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Chamberino is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chamberino has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Elementary School in Vado, 5.7 miles away.

Chamberino and the nearest listed places

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Elementary SchoolSan Jose ChurchFrank and Amelia Jones HouseBassett, O. T., TowerHotel Paso del NorteChope's Town Cafe and Bar

Closest to Chamberino

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Elementary SchoolVado · Built 19265.7miSan Jose ChurchLa Mesa · Built 18686.2miFrank and Amelia Jones HouseLa Mesa · Built 19047.8miBassett, O. T., TowerEl Paso · Built 193011.8miHotel Paso del NorteEl Paso · Building11.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Elementary School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Chamberino?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chamberino’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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