The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLa Mesa is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, La Mesa had a population of 649. La Mesa has a post office with ZIP code 88044. NM 28 passes through the community.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 728 to 649 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of La Mesa 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 La Mesa’s history is told.
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La Mesa, decade by decade
2000
2 historic places in La Mesa
2 places in La Mesa are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.