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History · McCartys

A history of McCartys,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of McCartys from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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From McCartys’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

McCartys Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, consisting of the unincorporated community known as McCartys. As of the 2020 census, McCartys Village had a population of 360. It is part of the Acoma Pueblo.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 48 to 360 (+650%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McCartys 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.

Timeline

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1940s6 items · McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Pass…LOC
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish McCartys’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. …, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

McCartys, decade by decade

1940s6 items
McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…LOCMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reser…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…LOCMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reser…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…LOCMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reser…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw…LOCMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reser…1943McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing Indian farms and a school on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betwee…LOCMcCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing Indian farms and a…1943Untitled photo, possibly related to: McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchis…LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: McCartys (vicinity), N…1943
1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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 McCartys is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean McCartys has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Acoma Curio Shop in San Fidel, 4 miles away.

McCartys and the nearest listed places

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Acoma Curio ShopRoute 66, State Maintained from McCartys to GrantsRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sSt. Theresa Community CenterVillage of Encinal Day SchoolAcoma

Closest to McCartys

Acoma Curio ShopSan Fidel · Building4miRoute 66, State Maintained from McCartys to GrantsAnzac Village · Structure4.7miRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sCubero · District10.7miSt. Theresa Community CenterGrants · Building11.9miVillage of Encinal Day SchoolEncinal · Built 192612mi

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. Acoma Curio Shop’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in McCartys?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to McCartys’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as McCartys (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing by an Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad betw… (1943) and it appears here side by side.

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From the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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