History · Zia Pueblo

Zia Pueblo’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Zia Pueblo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old images & papers
1historic places
3recent photos
Sia, New Mexico, c. 1871 · Wikimedia Commons

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Zia Pueblo (Eastern Keres: Tsi'ya, Ts'iiy'a, Spanish: Pueblo de Zía) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Zia Pueblo had a population of 760. The pueblo after which the CDP is named is included within the CDP; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Zia Pueblo is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 737 to 760 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Zia Pueblo 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 below
c. 1871Sia, New MexicoCommons
1900Antonio Sala-Govr. Pueblo of SiaCommons
1910–1969Nothing in the archives yet
1974AERIAL VIEW Copy photograph of photogrammetric …Commons
1980–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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By decade

Zia Pueblo, decade by decade

1910s–
1960s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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1980s–
1990s
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Zia Pueblo

Zia Pueblo has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 29 historic buildings, because Zia Pueblo alone counts 29.

#73
In New Mexicoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
29historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1973first listedZia Pueblo

Where they are

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Districts

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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