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Fairacres’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fairacres is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fairacres had a population of 720. Fairacres has a post office with ZIP code 88033, which opened on June 15, 1926. U.S. Route 70 passes through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 824 to 720 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1998.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairacres 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 Fairacres’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Fairacres

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Anwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-AwlakiLas Cruces · 3 miShawnacy BarberShawnacy BarberLas Cruces · 3 miEdgar CastilloEdgar CastilloLas Cruces · 3 miSilvestre ReyesSilvestre ReyesCanutillo · 30 miAaron HerreraAaron HerreraLas Cruces · 3 miJanice McGeachinJanice McGeachinLas Cruces · 3 mi
By decade

Fairacres, 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 Fairacres is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairacres has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mesilla Plaza in Mesilla, 2.8 miles away.

Fairacres and the nearest listed places

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Mesilla PlazaLa Mesilla Historic DistrictAlameda-Depot Historic DistrictBarela-Reynolds HouseRio Grande TheatreBranigan, Thomas, Memorial Library

Closest to Fairacres

Mesilla PlazaMesilla · District2.8miLa Mesilla Historic DistrictLas Cruces · Built 18482.9miAlameda-Depot Historic DistrictLas Cruces · District3.1miBarela-Reynolds HouseMesilla · Built 18503.2miRio Grande TheatreLas Cruces · Building3.4mi

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. Mesilla Plaza’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fairacres?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fairacres’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Mesilla📜 Las Cruces📜 Anthony📜 Anthony
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