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Alamosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,376. [1] The county seat is Alamosa. [2] The county name is the Spanish language word for a grove of cottonwood trees.
The Alamosa, Colorado, post office opened on March 12, 1878, [12] and the Town of Alamosa was incorporated on August 12, 1878. [4] The town was established by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and quickly became an important rail center. [13] Alamosa was the terminus of the D&RG until 1881, when the line was extended to Monte Vista. [14]
Florida Meaning land of flowers, Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday. The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida. Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"
Estrella is an unincorporated community in Alamosa County, Colorado ... Estrella is a name derived from Spanish meaning "star". [2] See also. Colorado portal ...
Conejos is a Spanish word for rabbits. 7,521: 1,290.22 sq mi (3,342 km 2) Costilla County: 023: San Luis: Nov 1, 1861: Created as one of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado. Named for the Costilla River. Costilla is a Spanish word meaning either little rib or furring timber. 3,628: 1,229.38 sq mi (3,184 km 2) Crowley County ...
Canada Alamosa, an Americanized version of the Spanish Cañada Alamosa (pronounced Cănyădă Ălămosă, translated as Glen or Valley of the Cottonwoods), [1] is a term historically applied to five geographical features, all in the same immediate area in southwest Socorro and northwest Sierra Counties, New Mexico. In historical texts the name ...
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According to the Latino Leadership Institute website, Hispanics number more than 100,000 people in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and El Paso.They represented over 33% in Adams, Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Morgan, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.