Chama, Huerfano County, Colorado

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Chama, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chama (2024)
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Chama
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Chama
Chama (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°43′08″N105°17′56″W / 37.7189°N 105.2989°W / 37.7189; -105.2989 (Chama, Colorado) [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Huerfano [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Huerfano County [2]
Elevation
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7,881 ft (2,402 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code [3]
Gardner 81040
Area code 719
GNIS pop ID 192667

Chama, elevation 7,881 feet (2,402 meters), is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.

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History

The community was settled around 1869 and was originally called Crestones. The first settlers were from Chama, New Mexico. An old adobe church, called Our Lady of Guadalupe, still stands in the community. [4]

The unincorporated community has never had its own post office. [5] The Gardner, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 81040) serves the area. [3]

Geography

Chama is located southwest of Gardner, Colorado and on the east side of the Sangre de Cristo Range along County Road 575 in the Upper Huerfano River Valley. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chama, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ Christofferson, Nancy (November 12, 2020). "Settling the upper Huerfano". Huerfano World Journal. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN   0-918654-42-4.
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