The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPinehaven is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 172.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pinehaven 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 Pinehaven’s history is told.
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Pinehaven is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pinehaven has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District in Fort Wingate, 10 miles away.
Pinehaven and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Pinehaven
Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic DistrictFort Wingate · Built 193510mi
Old Dowlin MillMcGaffey · Built 186810.1mi
Fort Wingate Historic District (Boundary Increase)Fort Wingate · Built 186211.7miRoute 66, State maintained from Iyanbito to RehobethSundance · Structure13.6mi
McKinley County CourthouseGallup · Built 193813.7mi
Old Dowlin MillMcGaffey · Built 186810.1miFort Wingate Historic District (Boundary Increase)Fort Wingate · Built 186211.7miRoute 66, State maintained from Iyanbito to RehobethSundance · Structure13.6miMcKinley County CourthouseGallup · Built 193813.7miHow 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. Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pinehaven?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pinehaven’s story, or a memory of it.
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