Willard’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Willard. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWillard is a village in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Willard had a population of 201. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is not experiencing the same extreme growth that towns farther north in the state are. A wind farm has recently been constructed upon the mesa just south of the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 253 to 201 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Willard 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 Willard’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Willard’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLandscape along the Santa Fe R.R.…, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Willard, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Willard is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Willard has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Willard Mercantile Company in Mountainair, 12.9 miles away.
Willard and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Landscape along the Santa Fe R.R.1a34745v (1943) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.