The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLa Villita is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, La Villita had a population of 999.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 957 to 999 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of La Villita 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.
Start La Villita’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Villita’s history is told.
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La Villita, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in La Villita is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean La Villita has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Los Luceros Hacienda in Los Luceros, 1.4 miles away.
La Villita and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.