La Garita, Colorado

La Garita in 2023

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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Garita, Colorado
  2. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.

37°50′27″N 106°14′48″W / 37.84083°N 106.24667°W / 37.84083; -106.24667


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