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1889 Map of Albuquerque

Name: 1889 Topographic Map of Albuquerque
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1889
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1889

About this map

Albuquerque emerges as a developing rail hub along the eastern bank of the Rio Grande in this late nineteenth-century survey. The arrival of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad has clearly reshaped the valley, running parallel to the river and connecting established riverfront settlements like Bernalillo, Alameda, and Corales. To the west, the landscape transitions toward the winding course of the Rio Puerco, where smaller outposts such as San Francisco and San Ygnacio are situated.

Agricultural and community life is concentrated in the fertile valley floor, as evidenced by the series of traditional settlements including Ranchos de Albuquerque and Artisco. Further north, near the confluence with Jemez Creek, the map identifies the location of Santa Anna, providing a clear record of the region’s early territorial-era layout before the rapid urban expansion of the following century.