Estrella, Colorado

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Estrella is an unincorporated community in Alamosa County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. [1]

Alamosa County, Colorado County in the United States

Alamosa County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,445. The county seat is Alamosa. The county name is the Spanish language word for a "grove of cottonwood trees."

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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Colorado State of the United States of America

Colorado is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.

Estrella is a name derived from Spanish meaning "star". [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Estrella, Colorado
  2. ↑ 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. 20.

Coordinates: 37°21′58″N105°55′28″W / 37.36611°N 105.92444°W / 37.36611; -105.92444

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