San Luis, Colorado

Coordinates: 37°12′09″N 105°25′21″W / 37.20250°N 105.42250°W / 37.20250; -105.42250
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Not to be confused with San Luis Río Colorado.

San Luis, Colorado
San Luis de la Culebra
FIPS code
08-68105
GNIS feature ID2413253[4]
Websitetownofsanluisco.org

San Luis is a

2020 census.[5]

History

La casa del senor Don Alberto Forbes, San Luis, 1909

The Town of San Luis is centuries younger than the

Carlos Beaubien family in 1843. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo annexed northern Mexico to the United States in 1848, and the Compromise of 1850 created the U.S. Territory of New Mexico
.

Hispanic settlers from the

Rio Culebra in the San Luis Valley and officially took possession of this portion of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant on April 9, 1851.[9] The settlers built a church in the central village of La Plaza Medio. They dedicated it on the Feast of Saint Louis
, June 21, 1851, renaming the village San Luis de la Culebra in honor of the saint.

The

Territory of Colorado was established. San Luis became the seat of Costilla County in 1863, and remains so to this day. Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson, Commander of Fort Garland, negotiated a treaty with the Ute people in 1867. Colorado became a state in 1876 and the Town of San Luis was incorporated in 1885. Today, San Luis is the oldest continuously inhabited town in the State of Colorado.[10]

A Pueblo Chieftain article dated June 8, 1872, describes the three stores of San Luis as kept by Fred Meyer & Co, Auguste Lacome and Mazers & Rich in addition to a blacksmith, butcher, beer saloon, carpenter and two hotels.

Today, the town is renowned for its Stations of the Cross ascending the local mesa. The town celebrates the Fiesta de Santiago y Santa Ana each July and the San Luis Manito Christmas celebration in December.

Geography

The town of San Luis lies in the San Luis Valley. Colorado State Highway 159 leads north 15 miles (24 km) to Fort Garland and U.S. Route 160, and south 18 miles (29 km) to the New Mexico border. Highway 142 leads west 31 miles (50 km) to Manassa.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), all of it land.[11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1970781—
19808427.8%
1990800−5.0%
2000739−7.6%
2010629−14.9%
2020598−4.9%
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  2. State of Colorado
    , Department of Public Health and Environment. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
  3. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Luis, Colorado
  5. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "San Luis town, Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
  7. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. ^ Rosso, Mike (November 1, 2010). "Lines in the sand". Colorado Central Magazine. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  9. U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
    - "San Luis, Colorado". Sangres.
    - "Town of San Luis". Costilla County, Colorado. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010.
    - "San Luis de la Culebra"
    . Sangres..
  10. ^ "Where is the Oldest Town in Colorado?". History Colorado. 2019.
  11. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): San Luis town, Colorado". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2014.

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