The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSan Francisco el Duende, more commonly known as El Duende ("the dwarf" in Spanish, of unknown application) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, El Duende had a population of 573. The community is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 84/285 and New Mexico State Road 74.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 707 to 573 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of El Duende 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 El Duende’s history is told.
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El Duende, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in El Duende is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean El Duende has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo in Chamita, 2.2 miles away.
El Duende 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.