History · Galisteo

Galisteo’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Galisteo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1historic places
2need a date
House · Library of Congress

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Galisteo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 253 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 253 people in 2010, 253 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.

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

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Famous people from Galisteo

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By decade

Galisteo, 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

1 historic place in Galisteo

1 place in Galisteo is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#73
In New Mexicoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
2015first listedSan Jose Hall

Where they are

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Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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