Garcia, Colorado
Garcia is an unincorporated community located in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The San Luis post office (Zip Code 81152) serves Garcia postal addresses.
History
Originally settled in 1849 as La Plaza de los Manzanares, Garcia rivals San Luis as the oldest continuously occupied settlement in Colorado. A post office called Garcia was established in 1915. The community was named for the local Garcia family.
The historically significant, but long-unused, adobe Garcia School is being considered for renovation and return to school use by the Centennial School District.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garcia, Colorado
- ^ "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Tushar, Olibama López (2007). The people of El Valle : a history of the Spanish settlers in the San Luis Valley (4th ed.). Pueblo, Colo.: El Escritorio. ISBN 0-9628974-6-9. OCLC 310960699.
- ^ Rosso, Mike (November 1, 2010). "Lines in the sand". Colorado Central Magazine. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 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. 23.
- ^ "Garcia School". coloradopreservation.org. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Garcia School | History Colorado". www.historycolorado.org. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ Breunlin, Erica (March 4, 2024). "1800s-era schoolhouse in tiny Colorado town will reopen to students after sitting vacant for decades". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ CBS Colorado, February 9, 2023, retrieved March 6, 2024
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