Farista, Colorado

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Coordinates: 37°39′25.06″N104°47′44.61″W / 37.6569611°N 104.7957250°W / 37.6569611; -104.7957250 Coordinates: 37°39′25.06″N104°47′44.61″W / 37.6569611°N 104.7957250°W / 37.6569611; -104.7957250
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
County Huerfano
City Walsenburg
NeighborhoodNorthlands
Elevation
6,171 ft (1,886 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [1]
81089 (Walsenburg)
Area code(s) 719

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 (ZIP Code 81089) now serves Farista postal addresses. [1]

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Annexation by Walsenburg

The area referred to as Farista on Google maps and other recent online sources was annexed by the City of Walsenburg in 2008 and is considered to be the Northlands neighborhood of the city. [2] [3] The name Farista is not used in any official context by Walsenburg or by Huerfano County (Northlands is used instead), nor do locals refer to the area as Farista.

Name

The name was taken from the Lebanese Faris family [4] of the Faris [5] Land and Cattle Co. who owned much of the land in the area in the early to mid 20th century. [6] References to Farista are often typographical errors concerning the actual town of Farisita, Colorado (named after the same Faris family) which is also in Huerfano county near Gardner. One example is a Colorado State University Werner College of Natural Resources report called Survey of Critical Wetland Resources in Huerfano County [7] from 2017 which interchanges Farista with Farisita frequently.

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References

  1. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  2. ↑ "[Walsenburg zoning map]" (PDF). City of Walsenburg, Colorado. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  3. ↑ "Annexation agreement" (PDF). City of Walsenburg, Colorado. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  4. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/monthlyfeatures/Montoya_ranch.pdf [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ https://www.spld.org/about-us/oral-history-collection/jeanette-thach-first-interview/ [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Congress, U. S. (November 2007). Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 17, September 24 to October 3, 2003. ISBN   9780160796807.
  7. ↑ Culver, D. R. and P. F. Smith. 2017. "Survey of Critical Wetland Resources in Huerfano, CO." Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

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