Hagerman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hagerman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHagerman is a town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hagerman had a population of 975.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,257 to 975 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hagerman 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 Hagerman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hagerman’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIrrigating Apple Orchard, Hagerma…, 1898: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hagerman, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Irrigating Apple Orchard, Hagerman, N. M (1898) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.