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History · Paguate

A history of Paguate,
then and now

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

5old images & papers
1recent photos
From Paguate’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Paguate is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Paguate had a population of 474.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 421 to 474 (+13%).

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Paguate 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

built from the dates on the items below
1900s5 items · Group of Laguna Indians at Paquate, N…Commons
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Paguate’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 viewGroup of Laguna Indians at Paquat…, c. 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Paguate, decade by decade

1900s5 items
Group of Laguna Indians at Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-3908)CommonsGroup of Laguna Indians at Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CH…c. 1900Laguna Indian men threshing wheat at Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-3911)CommonsLaguna Indian men threshing wheat at Paquate, New Mexico, c…c. 1900Laguna Indians threshing and winnowing wheat at the pueblo town of Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-3909)CommonsLaguna Indians threshing and winnowing wheat at the pueblo …c. 1900Laguna Indians threshing and winnowing wheat at the pueblo town of Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-3910)CommonsLaguna Indians threshing and winnowing wheat at the pueblo …c. 1900Pueblo of Paquate which belonged to Laguna, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-4741)CommonsPueblo of Paquate which belonged to Laguna, New Mexico, ca.…c. 1900
1910s–
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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Today1 photo
Paguate PanoramaCommonsPaguate Panorama2009
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Paguate is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Paguate has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Village of Encinal Day School in Encinal, 4.3 miles away.

Paguate and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Paguate. Tap a dot.
Village of Encinal Day SchoolRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sSan Jose de la Laguna Mission and ConventoLaguna PuebloAcoma Curio ShopRoute 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grants

Closest to Paguate

Village of Encinal Day SchoolEncinal · Built 19264.3miRoute 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty'sCubero · District7.8miSan Jose de la Laguna Mission and ConventoLaguna · Building8.4miLaguna PuebloLaguna · Built 16998.4miAcoma Curio ShopSan Fidel · Building12.2mi

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. Village of Encinal Day School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Paguate?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Paguate’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 Group of Laguna Indians at Paquate, New Mexico, ca.1900 (CHS-3908) (c. 1900) and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Grants📜 Milan📜 Rio Rancho📜 Los Lunas

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

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