History · Pie

Pie’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pie. 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

Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, Pie Town had a population of 166. Pie Town has been noted for its unusual name. Pie Town is the location of a "Pie Festival" on the second Saturday of each September. Pie Town is located immediately north of the Gila National Forest and not very far west of the Plains of San Agustin, the location of the Very Large Array radio telescope, which is also located along U.S. 60. In addition, one of the ten large radio antennas that form the Very Long Baseline Array of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory can be seen from U.S. 60, just east of P…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 186 to 166 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pie 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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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 Pie is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex in Aragon, 21.7 miles away.

Pie and the nearest listed places

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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. Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pie?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pie’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.

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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