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Middle Mesa’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Middle Mesa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Middle Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP following the 2010 census, replacing the Young Place CDP. As of the 2020 census, Middle Mesa had a population of 200.

Half of its homes were built before 1994.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Middle 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 Middle Mesa’s history is told.

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Stuart RoosaStuart RoosaDurango · 28 miSepp KussSepp KussDurango · 28 miTom TullyTom TullyDurango · 28 miQuinn SimmonsQuinn SimmonsDurango · 28 miTurrell V. WylieTurrell V. WylieDurango · 28 miCarmen SmallCarmen SmallDurango · 28 mi
By decade

Middle Mesa, decade by decade

Before
2000
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Middle Mesa is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Middle Mesa has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Labo Del Rio Bridge in Arboles, 8.7 miles away.

Middle Mesa and the nearest listed places

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Labo Del Rio BridgeAnimas City School

Closest to Middle Mesa

Labo Del Rio BridgeArboles · Built 19138.7miAnimas City SchoolBayfield · Building13.5mi

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. Labo Del Rio Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Middle Mesa?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Middle Mesa’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ignacio📜 Bayfield📜 Aztec📜 Durango
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