La Garita, Colorado
Unincorporated community in Colorado, U.S.
La Garita is an unincorporated community in Saguache County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]
History
A post office called La Garita operated intermittently from 1874 until 1972.[2] The community takes its name from the nearby La Garita Mountains.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Garita, Colorado
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 30.
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Municipalities and communities of Saguache County, Colorado, United States
County seat: Saguache
- Bonanza
- Center‡
- Crestone
- Moffat
- Saguache
communities
- La Garita
- Sargents
- Villa Grove
- Alder
- (Bonanza)
- Duncan
- Liberty
- Orient
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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37°50′27″N 106°14′48″W / 37.84083°N 106.24667°W / 37.84083; -106.24667
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