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History · Trout Valley

Trout Valley’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Trout Valley. 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

Trout Valley is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Trout Valley had a population of 7. New Mexico State Road 35 passes through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 16 to 7 (-56%).

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

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Famous people close to Trout Valley

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Paul BenedictPaul BenedictSilver City · 18 miElisa QuintanaElisa QuintanaSilver City · 18 miJames TenneyJames TenneySilver City · 18 miLGLeslie GravesSilver City · 18 miKaren ShepherdKaren ShepherdSilver City · 18 miHowie MoralesHowie MoralesSilver City · 18 mi
By decade

Trout Valley, 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 Trout Valley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Trout Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pinos Altos Historic District in Pinos Altos, 11.9 miles away.

Trout Valley and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Trout Valley. Tap a dot.
Pinos Altos Historic DistrictFort Bayard Historic DistrictHooks-Moore StoreGeorge Sibole StoreWilliam Redding HouseMimbres School

Closest to Trout Valley

Pinos Altos Historic DistrictPinos Altos · Built 186011.9miFort Bayard Historic DistrictSanta Clara · Classical Revival16.6miHooks-Moore StoreMimbres · Building17.2miGeorge Sibole StoreMimbres · Built 191217.2miWilliam Redding HouseMimbres · Built 190217.4mi

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. Pinos Altos Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Trout Valley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Trout Valley’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
📜 Santa Clara📜 Silver City📜 Bayard📜 Hurley
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