Lindrith’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Lindrith. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLindrith is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lindrith had a population of 32. Lindrith is located in southern Rio Arriba County along New Mexico State Road 595. The community is named for Lindrith Cordell, stepson of C.C. Hill, who established a store and post office here in 1915 ( now with ZIP code 87029). The Lindrith Airpark, a public-use airport, is located in Lindrith. Lindrith has a charter elementary school, the Lindrith Area Heritage School.
Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lindrith 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 Lindrith’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lindrith’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMargarita Martinez Homestead: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Lindrith
See all 1 →Lindrith, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Margarita Martinez Homestead and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.