The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNavajo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,942 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,645 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,645 to 1,942 (+18%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Navajo 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 Navajo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Navajo’s history is told.
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Navajo, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Navajo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Navajo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Navajo Nation Council Chamber in Window Rock, 15.4 miles away.
Navajo 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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.