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Williams Acres’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Williams Acres. 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

Williams Acres is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 491.

Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Williams Acres 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 Williams Acres’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Williams Acres

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Carolyn S. ShoemakerCarolyn S. ShoemakerGallup · 7 miTGTony GenaroGallup · 7 miHiroshi MiyamuraHiroshi MiyamuraGallup · 7 miSFSydney FreelandGallup · 7 miRaven ChaconRaven ChaconFort Defiance · 21 miEVEvon Z. VogtGallup · 7 mi
By decade

Williams Acres, 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 Williams Acres is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Williams Acres has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Harvey Hotel in Gallup, 7.3 miles away.

Williams Acres and the nearest listed places

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Harvey HotelGrand HotelCotton, C. N., WarehouseMcKinley County CourthouseChief TheaterRex Hotel

Closest to Williams Acres

Harvey HotelGallup · Built 19287.3miGrand HotelGallup · Building7.3miCotton, C. N., WarehouseGallup · Built 18807.3miMcKinley County CourthouseGallup · Built 19387.4miChief TheaterGallup · Built 19207.4mi

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. Harvey Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Williams Acres?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Williams Acres’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.

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📜 Gallup
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