Chilili’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Chilili. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusChilili is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chilili had a population of 126. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 137 to 126 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chilili 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 Chilili’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chilili’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChilili, New Mexico, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Chilili
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Chilili, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Chilili is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chilili has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Moriarty Eclipse Windmill in Moriarty, 10.9 miles away.
Chilili and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chilili, New Mexico (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.