The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusTse Bonito (Navajo: Tsé Binííʼtóhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the greater Window Rock, Arizona, population center, and seat of the Navajo Nation government. The population was 380 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 299 to 380 (+27%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tse Bonito 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 Tse Bonito’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tse Bonito’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Tse Bonito, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Tse Bonito is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tse Bonito has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Navajo Nation Council Chamber in Window Rock, 3.4 miles away.
Tse Bonito and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.