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Winston’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Winston. 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

Winston is a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Winston had a population of 47. Winston has a post office with ZIP code 87943, which opened on August 15, 1881. The community was named for Frank Winston, a pioneer miner. New Mexico State Road 52 passes through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 61 to 47 (-23%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Winston 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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Winston, 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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Today4 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Winston is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Winston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Reeds Peak Lookout Tower in Kingston, 18.4 miles away.

Winston and the nearest listed places

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Reeds Peak Lookout Tower

Closest to Winston

Reeds Peak Lookout TowerKingston · Built 192918.4mi

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. Reeds Peak Lookout Tower’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Winston?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Winston’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Truth or Consequences📜 Williamsburg📜 Elephant Butte📜 Santa Clara

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