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Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
165historic places
—earliest paper
1848formed
676,444pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 165 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Albuquerque, Tijeras, Albuquerque Mountain.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Mexico is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bernalillo titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

125 of 165 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

165 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AT & SF Freight OfficeAlbuquerqueBuilding2013
ATSF Locomotive No. 2926AlbuquerqueStructure2007
Albuquerque Municipal Airport Building, OldAlbuquerqueBuilding1989
Albuquerque Public LibraryAlbuquerqueBuilding2024
Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical CenterAlbuquerqueDistrict1983
Aldo Leopold Neighborhood Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict2002
Anaya, Gavino, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Armijo, Juan Cristobal, HomesteadAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Armijo, Salvador, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1976
Art AnnexAlbuquerqueBuilding1988
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Locomotive ShopsAlbuquerqueDistrict2014
Aztec Auto CourtAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Barela, Adrian, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Barela-Bledsoe HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Barelas Community CenterAlbuquerqueBuilding2021
Barelas-South Fourth Street Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1997
Bottger, Charles A., HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1983
Broadmoor AdditionAlbuquerqueDistrict2022
Building at 701 Roma NWAlbuquerqueBuilding1985
Carlisle GymnasiumAlbuquerqueBuilding1988
Carnes, Chester, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Castle ApartmentsAlbuquerqueBuilding1986
Chavez, Juan de Dios, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Chavez, Juan, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Chavez, Rumaldo, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Congregation B'nai IsraelAlbuquerqueBuilding2019
Coronado SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1996
Cottage BakeryAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Davis HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
De Anza Motor LodgeAlbuquerqueBuilding2004
De Garcia, Tomasa Griego, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Dietz, Robert, FarmhouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Downtowner Motor InnAlbuquerqueBuilding2020
Eighth Street-Forrester DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1980
El Campo Tourist CourtsAlbuquerqueBuilding1994
El Vado Auto CourtAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Eller ApartmentsAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Employees' New Dormitory and ClubAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Enchanted Mesa Trading PostAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
EstufaAlbuquerqueStructure1988
Federal BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Federal Building and U.S. CourthouseAlbuquerqueBuilding2023
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding1976
First National Bank BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Five Points Community ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding2024
Foraker, C. M., FarmhouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Fourth Ward DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1980
Garcia, Juan Antonio, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Gladding, James N., HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Gomez, Refugio, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Granada HeightsAlbuquerqueDistrict2022
Grande, Charles, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Gurule, Delfinia, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Harwood SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Hayden, A. W., HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Heights Community CenterAlbuquerqueBuilding2021
Hendren BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding2000
Hilltop LodgeAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
Hodgin HallAlbuquerque MountainBuilding1978
Hoffmantown Baptist ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding2019
Holy Child ChurchTijerasBuilding1978
Hope BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Hopping, Carl and Lulu, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding2026
Hubbell, James Lawrence and Juliana Gutierrez y Chavez, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding2015
Hudson HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Huning Highlands Conoco Service StationAlbuquerqueBuilding2006
Huning Highlands Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1978
Immanuel Presbyterian ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding2011
Isleta PuebloIsletaDistrict1975
Jones Motor CompanyAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Jonson Gallery and HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding2002
Kimo TheaterAlbuquerqueBuilding1977
Kress, S. H., BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Kromer HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
La Glorieta HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1983
La Luz del OesteAlbuquerqueDistrict2023
La Mesa MotelAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
La Puerta LodgeAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
Las Imagines Archeological District-Albuquerque West Mesa EscarpmentAlbuquerqueDistrict1986
LeFeber, Charles, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Lembke HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Leverett, William J., HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1986
Lewis, Charles W. BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Lopez, Hilario, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Los Candelarias Chapel-San Antonio ChapelAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Los Duranes ChapelAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Los Griegos Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1984
Los Poblanos Historic DistrictLos RanchosDistrict1982
Los Tomases ChapelAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Lucero y Montoya, Francisco, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Luna LodgeAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
Main LibraryAlbuquerqueBuilding2019
Maisel's Indian Trading PostAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Mann, Henry, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Manzano Court Addition Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict2004
McCanna-Hubbell BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Medical Arts Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueBuilding2024
Menaul School Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1983
Milne, John, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1986
Modern Auto CourtAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
Monte Vista Fire StationAlbuqerqueBuilding1987
Monte Vista SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1981
Monte Vista and College View Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict2001
National Humane Alliance Animal FountainAlbuquerqueObject1986
New Mexico Madonna of the TrailAlbuquerqueObject2006
New Mexico-Arizona Wool WarehouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1981
Newlander ApartmentsAlbuquerqueBuilding2000
Nob Hill Business CenterAlbuquerqueBuilding1994
Nordhaus, Robert, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
O'Rielly, J. H., HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Occidental Life BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1978
Old Armijo SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Old Hilton HotelAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Old Post OfficeAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Our Lady of the Angels SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Pacific Desk BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Parkland Hills Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict2019
Pearce, John, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Petroglyph National MonumentAlbuquerqueSite1990
Piedras Marcadas Pueblo (LA 290)AlbuquerqueSite1990
Pig 'n Calf LunchAlbuquerqueBuilding1994
President's HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1988
Pyle, Ernie, House NHLAlbuquerqueBuilding1997
Rancho de Carnue SiteAlbuquerqueSite1977
Raynolds, Sara, HallAlbuquerqueBuilding1988
Rio Puerco BridgeAlbuquerqueStructure1997
Romero, Felipe, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Roosevelt ParkAlbuquerqueSite1996
Rosenwald Building (Additional Documentation)AlbuquerqueBuilding1978
Route 66, State maintained from Albuquerque to Rio PuercoAlbuquerqueStructure1997
Saint Joseph 1930 HospitalAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
San Antonito Church and CemeterySan AntonitoBuilding1997
San Felipe de Neri ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding1969
San Ignacio ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding1979
Santa Barbara SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1989
Scholes HallAlbuquerqueBuilding1988
Second United Presbyterian ChurchAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Shalit, Samuel, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Shoup BoardinghouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1983
Silver Hill Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1986
Simms BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
Skinner BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Solar BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1989
Southern Union Gas Company BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding2004
Southwestern Brewery and Ice CompanyAlbuquerqueBuilding1978
Spitz, Berthold, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1977
Springer BuildingAlbuquerqueBuilding1980
Spruce Park Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict1982
St. John's Cathedral (Additional Documentation)AlbuquerqueBuilding2018
Superintendent's House, Atlantic & Pacific RailroadAlbuquerqueBuilding1978
Tafoya, Domingo, HouseAlamedaBuilding1980
Tewa LodgeAlbuquerqueBuilding1998
Tijeras Pueblo Archeological SiteTijerasDistrict2005
Tower CourtsAlbuquerqueBuilding1993
University HeightsAlbuquerqueDistrict2025
Vigil, Antonio, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1978
Vista Larga Residential Historic DistrictAlbuquerqueDistrict2016
Washington ApartmentsAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
Werner-Gilchrist HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1982
West San Jose SchoolAlbuquerqueBuilding1996
Whitcomb SpringsTijerasDistrict2019
Willis, J.R., House and La Miradora ApartmentsAlbuquerqueBuilding2005
Zeiger, Charles, HouseAlbuquerqueBuilding1984
Zimmerman LibraryAlbuquerqueBuilding2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bernalillo was formed in 1848 (1848-07-04) from unknown / original county.

BERNALILLO established as one of seven original New Mexico counties on 22 Sep 1846 under Kearny's Code of Laws for occupied Mexican territory. Western portion included within the Mexican Cession of 4 July 1848. Eastern portion overlaps Texas claims.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bernalillo County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

676k342k7,5911850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,7518,76917,22528,63029,85569,391145,673262,199419,700556,678676,444

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Petroglyph National MonumentPark unit11.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Canoncito Cemetery35.13525-106.37835
Carnuel Cemetery35.06421-106.45725
Cedro Cemetery35.02398-106.35572
Chilili Cemetery34.88944-106.23263
Escabosa Cemetery34.92571-106.28107
Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery35.07192-106.61954
Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery35.17328-106.56218
Isleta Cemetery34.90254-106.69749
Juan Tomas Cemetery35.02737-106.30298
Los Padillas Cemetery34.95605-106.71695
Miera CemeteryNoneNone
Mount Calvary Cemetery35.10228-106.63615
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery35.16828-106.61651
Pajarito Cemetery34.99088-106.7203
San Carlos Cemetery35.18369-106.60282
San Jose Cemetery35.05907-106.64092
San Jose de Armijo Cemetery35.05424-106.71153
Sandia Memory Gardens Cemetery35.18918-106.57628
Santa Barbara Cemetery35.08449-106.65114
Santa Clara Cemetery35.07472-106.69334
Santo Niño Camposanto Cemetery35.05915-106.4674
Sedillo Cemetery35.10006-106.29513
Sunset Memorial Park35.10739-106.63475
Tijeras Cemetery35.07601-106.38988
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Frost35.14393-106.2853
Fruitvale35.03421-106.9392
Kemp35.10755-106.37558

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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