A history of Encino,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Encino from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEncino is a village in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 51 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 82 to 51 (-38%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Encino 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 belowFinish Encino’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPassing a section house along the…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Encino
See all 1 →Encino, decade by decade
CommonsPassing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and San…1943
LOCEncino (vicinity), New Mexico. Landscape along the Atchison…1943
LOCEncino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchiso…1943
LOCEncino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchiso…1943
LOCEncino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchiso…19431990s
Nothing in Encino is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Encino has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Duran Historic District in Duran, 13.2 miles away.
Encino and the nearest listed places
Closest to Encino
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.