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History · Redrock

Redrock’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Redrock. 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

Redrock is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place located in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on the Gila River and New Mexico State Road 464, 27.3 miles (43.9 km) west-southwest of Silver City. As of the 2020 census, Redrock had a population of 3.

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

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Famous people close to Redrock

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Paul BenedictPaul BenedictSilver City · 28 miElisa QuintanaElisa QuintanaSilver City · 28 miJames TenneyJames TenneySilver City · 28 miLGLeslie GravesSilver City · 28 miCFColleen FarringtonLordsburg · 24 miKaren ShepherdKaren ShepherdSilver City · 28 mi
By decade

Redrock, 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 Redrock is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Redrock has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is L. C. Ranch Headquarters in Gila, 21.2 miles away.

Redrock and the nearest listed places

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L. C. Ranch HeadquartersBenjamin F. Billingsley HouseLordsburg High SchoolLordsburg-Hidalgo County LibraryHidalgo County CourthouseShakespeare Ghost Town

Closest to Redrock

L. C. Ranch HeadquartersGila · Victorian · Built 184821.2miBenjamin F. Billingsley HouseDuncan · Queen Anne · Built 190021.4miLordsburg High SchoolLordsburg · Building23.5miLordsburg-Hidalgo County LibraryLordsburg · Pueblo Revival · Built 193723.6miHidalgo County CourthouseLordsburg · Neo-Classical Revival23.6mi

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. L. C. Ranch Headquarters’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Redrock?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Redrock’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
📜 Virden📜 Duncan📜 Lordsburg📜 Silver City
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