Hildale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hildale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hildale, formerly known as Short Creek Community, was founded in 1913 by members of the Council of Friends, a breakaway group from the Salt Lake City–based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Hildale and its border city of Colorado City, Arizona, have an interwoven history with their shared claims of "Short Creek."
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Start Hildale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hildale’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewColoradoCityAZPostoffice: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hildale
See all 3 →Hildale, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Hildale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hildale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rockville Bridge in Rockville, 10.1 miles away.
Hildale 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 ColoradoCityAZPostoffice and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.