A history of Vadito,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Vadito from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusVadito is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is on the scenic High Road to Taos. As of the 2020 census, Vadito had a population of 258.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 270 to 258 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Vadito 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 belowFinish Vadito’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChapel, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Vadito
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Vadito, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Vadito
1 place in Vadito is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chapel (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.