The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWhite Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, Utah, United States. The population was 178 at the 2020 census. It is located within a section of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe reservation along U.S. Route 191, south of Blanding and north of Bluff.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 242 to 178 (-26%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of White Mesa 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.
Start White Mesa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Mesa’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10White Mesa, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in White Mesa is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean White Mesa has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Swallow's Nest in Blanding, 11.5 miles away.
White Mesa and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.