The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusValle Vista is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Valle Vista had a population of 928. The CDP is in central Santa Fe County, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown Santa Fe, the state capital. It is bordered to the east by New Mexico State Road 14, and Interstate 25 passes just to the northwest of the community, with access from Exit 276 (State Road 599/Veterans Memorial Highway). State Road 14 leads south-southwest 44 miles (71 km) to Interstate 40 at Tijeras, while I-25 leads southwest 52 miles (84 km) to Albuquerque and east 71 miles (11…
Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Valle Vista 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 Valle Vista’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Valle Vista’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Valle Vista is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Valle Vista has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is J.B. Jackson House in La Cienega, 2.6 miles away.
Valle Vista 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.