Towns of Costilla County, Colorado
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San Luis - (1851-Present) County Seat Formerly Culebra, Plaza Del Medio, and San Luis de Culebra. The oldest town in Colorado - Pictures of San Luis and of the San Luis Valley |
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| Alamosa - Inc. 1878 in Costilla County, now in Alamosa County | |
| Baldy - (Ghost Town) Was a RR stop on 1885-1895 maps Costilla County, now in Alamosa County | |
| Bernice - (1901-1902) 19 miles east of Fort Garland. According to Mrs. Eva Lively on January 25, 1901 she proposed a post office to be called Bernice. If the name Bernice was not approved she also listed "Norvin" and "Sively" as names for the post office. Population at that time was about 75. | |
| Big Hill - See Russell Station | |
| Blanca - Est. 1894, Inc. May 1910; Population at
1894 was about 75; ; Population at 1900 "about 100 adults".
5/2004- New info from Jean Butler. There was a Blanca station on the Railroad near La Veta Pass. That probably was founded in 1895 with the populations you have listed. In approximately 1908, the name of the station was changed to Sierra so that the new town founded in August of 1908 at the southern base of Mt. Blanca could be called Blanca. The Town of Blanca was incorporated in October 1909 and grew to a estimated population of 800 by 1910. |
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| Buckskin Gulch - Abandoned Mining camp | |
| Cable - aka Garcia | |
| Chama - Est. 1860 Inc. November 1885; Population in 1907 "about 650". | |
| Commodore Camp - Est. 1889 in Costilla County, now in Alamosa County | |
| Coryell - (1887-1890) became Stanley. | |
| Costilla - Est. 1862 Costilla County, 1872 re-survey of the state line place it in Taos County, New Mexico | |
| Costilla Ferry - (abandoned) on 1885 map | |
| Creech - (aka Garcia) | |
| Cristo - (aka Sangre de Cristo) Mining camp on the 1885 map | |
| Culebra - (later San Luis) | |
| Eastdale - (Post Office 1895-1909) Population in 1895 was 83; Just north of the NM border on the Costilla Creek. | |
| Fir - | |
| Fort Massachusetts - (abandoned) | |
| Garcia - aka Los Garcias, prev. Manzanares - Est. 1849 New Mexico Territory, now in Costilla County - Pictures of Garcia | |
| Garland - RR construction camp, post office 1877-1878; Located about 5.5 miles NE of Fort Garland and SW of Wagon Creek | |
| Garland City - Est. 1858 New Mexico Territory, abondoned by 1880's | |
| Garnett - Post office 1888-1921; Population of about 125 in 1888; About 6 miles NE of Coryell; now in Alamosa County | |
| Garrison - (1891-1896) now Hooper in Alamosa County | |
| Grayback - Gulch (abandoned) on 1887 map | |
| Hamburg - (aka Mesita) | |
| Hay Siding - On 1887 map, now in Alamosa County | |
| Hirst - Post office 1899-1901, now in Alamosa County | |
| Hooper - Est. 1891, Inc. 1898, Renamed from Garrison in 1896, now in Alamosa County; Nice link - Mosca-Hooper Newspaper History | |
| Jarosa - 1911 to Present - | |
| La Costilla - | |
| La Valley - 1903-1918 aka San Francisco | |
| La Veta Pass - 1904-1911; see Veta Pass | |
| Los Fuentes - | |
| Los Garcias - see Garcia and Manzanares | |
| Los Fuertes - | |
| Lower Culebra - aka Plaza Abajo, renamed San Acacio | |
| Manzanares - 1901-1902; aka Garcia | |
| Margaret - 1899-1900 | |
| McClintock - | |
| Medano Springs - Post office 1874-1879; On 1885 map; now in Alamosa County | |
| Mesita - 1909-Present, fka Hamburg | |
| Meyer/Myers Ferry - 1885-1885 | |
| Montville - 1887-1900 Quartered in the same old store building that once housed the Mosco post office. Monteville is at the foot of Mosca Pass. Now in Alamosa County. | |
| Mortimer - orig. Trinchera on 1924 map; Abandoned | |
| Mosca - 1890 - now; Papers were then sent to Blanca. The D&RG Railroad name the town Patterson after the land owner, but the people demanded it be named Mosca to associate it with Mosca Pass some 20 miles east. It is about 20 miles west of where Orean, Monteville and Mosco was. It has a population of about 50 people now. Now in Alamosa County; Nice link - Mosca-Hooper Newspaper History |
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| Mosca Pass - The main route into the San Luis Valley until about 1910 when it was washed out. Alamosa did not support it being repaired. | |
| Mosco - P.O. 24 May 1880 until 6 Feb. 1882; Mail was forwarded to Orean, 3 miles south of Mosco; Now in Alamosa County | |
| Norman - 1890-1890 | |
| Ojito - Abandoned | |
| Orean - 1881 to 1887; Now in Alamosa County | |
| Paso del Puerto - Abandoned | |
| Patterson - See Mosca | |
| Placer - Inc. 1885; RR stop 1870's-1900's; named Russell after 1900's | |
| Plaza Abajo - renamed San Acacio | |
| Plaza Arriba - aka Upper Village and Upper Culebra | |
| Plaza Del Medio - see San Luis | |
| Rio Grande - Post office 1874-1877, on 1923 map; now in Alamosa County | |
| Russell - 1876-1955; see Placer | |
| Russell Station - Orig. Big Hill, on 1885 map, Russell Station on 1924 map | |
San Acacio
-Est. 1853, Inc. 1885 New Mexico Territory; aka Lower Culebra or Plaza
Abajo
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| San Francisco -Est. 1854, Inc. 1885 New Mexico Territory; aka La Valley | |
| Sangre de Cristo - aka Cristo; Mining Camp | |
| San Luis de Culebra - later San Luis, aka Culebra, Plaza del Medio; Est. 1851, Inc. 1885 New Mexico Territory; Oldest town in Colorado | |
| San Pablo -Est. 1851, Inc. 1885
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| San Pedra - | |
| San Pedro - Est. 1851, Inc. 1885; aka Upper Culebra | |
| Sierra - Abandoned; on 1924 map | |
| Stanley - 1890-1891 formerly Coryell | |
| Streator - 1888-1890; The Mosca post office, 1.5 miles southest, succeeded the Streator post office. | |
| Trinchera -Abandoned, see Mortimer; on 1885 map, called Mortimer on 1924 map | |
| Underhill - 1872-1873 | |
| Upper Culebra - renamed San Pedro | |
| Vallejos -aka Los Fuertos | |
| Valles - on 1885 map | |
| Veta Pass -On 1885-1887 maps, Post office 1904-1935; formerly La Veta Pass | |
| Viejo San Acacio - Abandoned; on 1980 map | |
| Washington Spring - on 1885 map, now in Alamosa County | |
| Wayside - Post office 1875-1878, on 1885 map; now in Alamosa County | |
| Zapato - 1879-1900; now in Alamosa County |