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History · Highland Meadows

Highland Meadows’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Highland Meadows is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Highland Meadows had a population of 568.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 624 to 568 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Highland Meadows 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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Highland Meadows, 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 Highland Meadows is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Highland Meadows has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Laguna Pueblo in Laguna, 14.1 miles away.

Highland Meadows and the nearest listed places

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Laguna PuebloSan Jose de la Laguna Mission and ConventoRio Puerco BridgeRoute 66, State maintained from Albuquerque to Rio PuercoRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sVillage of Encinal Day School

Closest to Highland Meadows

Laguna PuebloLaguna · Built 169914.1miSan Jose de la Laguna Mission and ConventoLaguna · Building14.2miRio Puerco BridgePajarito Mesa · Structure14.3miRoute 66, State maintained from Albuquerque to Rio PuercoPajarito Mesa · Structure18.5miRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sCubero · District19.3mi

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. Laguna Pueblo’s page links to a real one.
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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.

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