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Farisita, Colorado | |
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 Montoya Ranch in Farisita, December 2014 | |
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| Coordinates: 37°44′41.03″N105°4′16.99″W / 37.7447306°N 105.0713861°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Huerfano |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 81040 |
| Area code | 719 |
Farisita is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. [1]
Fort Talpa, a Spanish adobe post, was built in the 1820s as a means of protection from possible attacks by Native Americans. [2] In the 1870s, the fort was included as part of the town of Huerfano Cañon. In 1941, it was still standing next to the newer town of Farisita's general store. [3] A post office called Farisita was established in 1923, and remained in operation until 1990. [3] [4] An early postmaster named the town for his daughter, Jeanette "Farisita" Faris, the nickname being Spanish for little Faris girl. [5] Jeanette would later go on to run the post office and store herself. The Faris family cemetery is located at the town site, and has been in constant use since its creation, with Faris family members buried there as recently as 2010. [6] The town had a morada, or meeting house, for the religious group Los Hermanos Penitentes . It was located across the river and among the trees. [3]
The Montoya Ranch is located at Farisita and features the only adobe building in Colorado or New Mexico with a full adobe basement. It was originally built in 1869 by the Montoya family and was later occupied by the Lebanese Faris family who used the building as a store and post office. [7]
La Veta is a statutory town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 862 as of the 2020 United States Census.
Walsenburg is the statutory city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 3,049 at the 2020 census, down from 3,068 in 2010.
The Town of Iliff is a Statutory Town located in Logan County, Colorado, United States. The population was 246 at the 2020 United States Census.
The Town of Kersey is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,495 at the 2020 United States Census.
Mack is an unincorporated community that is located about 10 miles east of the Colorado/Utah border in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Mack is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Garcia is an unincorporated community located in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The San Luis post office serves Garcia postal addresses.
Gardner is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The Gardner post office has the ZIP Code 81040. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Gardner CDP was 106.
Toponas is an unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado, United States.
Farista is a former unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States that has been annexed into Walsenburg. The U.S. Post Office at Walsenburg now serves Farista postal addresses.
Badito is a ghost town along the Huerfano River in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. It is located at the intersection of Colorado State Highway 69 and County Road 520. A post office named Little Orphan, Colorado opened on May 1, 1865, but the name was changed to Badito on September 12, 1865. Badito served as the Huerfano County seat from 1868 to 1874. The Badito post office closed on November 15, 1910.
Calumet is an extinct coal mining town located in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded in 1904 northwest of Walsenburg near the portal of the Calumet Coal Mine complex.
Delcarbon is an extinct town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
Pictou is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
Tercio is a ghost town and former coal mine in Las Animas County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Tercio was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1949. The community was the third coal mining community established by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, hence the name.
Tioga is an extinct town in Huerfano County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Autobees, also known as Autobees Plaza, is an extinct town located in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1853, Autobees Plaza was the original seat of Huerfano County, Colorado Territory from its creation on November 1, 1861 until 1868. In 1868, the county seat moved to Badito, which was on a main trail along the foothills. When Autobees was the county seat, Huerfano County was almost the entire southeastern portion of the state. Now, the site of the former settlement is within Pueblo County, Colorado.
Montoya Ranch was a ranch in Farisita, Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, along the Huerfano River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The ranch house was built in or after 1867 with Spanish Colonial and territorial architectural elements. At that time, there were many New Mexicans moving to Colorado, and many ranched and farmed in the Huerfano valley.
Doyle Settlement was a ranch and settlement in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1980.
William Thomas Sharp was a former Confederate soldier and later an explorer who operated a trading post on the Taos Trail and founded the now extinct town of Malachite, Colorado. It was located on the Huerfano River in Huerfano County, Colorado. He became a nationally known horse and cattle breeder.
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