San Ysidro’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of San Ysidro. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSan Ysidro is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Its population was 2,090 as of the 2010 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,090 to 2,133 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of San Ysidro 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 belowStart San Ysidro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how San Ysidro’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRio de Los Vacas at San Ysidro, S…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10San Ysidro, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in San Ysidro is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean San Ysidro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Our Lady of Purification Catholic Church in Doña Ana, 2.1 miles away.
San Ysidro and the nearest listed places
Closest to San Ysidro
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rio de Los Vacas at San Ysidro, Sandoval County, New Mexico (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.