Rodey’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Rodey. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRodey is a census-designated place and colonia in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rodey had a population of 337. The community is located on the southeast border of Hatch along New Mexico State Road 185 .
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 388 to 337 (-13%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rodey 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 Rodey’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rodey’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Francis de Sales Church: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Rodey
See all 7 →Rodey, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Rodey is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rodey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Selden in Radium Springs, 16.4 miles away.
Rodey and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Francis de Sales Church and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.