The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,246 to 1,448 (+16%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of La Huerta yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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La Huerta, decade by decade
Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
1 historic place in La Huerta
1 place in La Huerta is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In New Mexicoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
5historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
2002first listedRober Weems and Mary E. Tansill House
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.