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Alamosa is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. [9] [10] The city population was 9,806 in the 2020 United States Census . [11] The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado , and is the home of Adams State University .
U.S. Highway 285 US 285 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 85 Maintained by CDOT Length 263.87 mi (424.66 km) Major junctions South end US 285 at the New Mexico state line Major intersections US 160 in Monte Vista US 50 in Poncha Springs US 24 in Johnson Village US 85 in Sheridan North end I-25 SH 30 in Denver Location Country United States State Colorado Counties ...
Alamosa County. / 37.57°N 105.78°W / 37.57; -105.78. Alamosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,376. [1] The county seat is Alamosa. [2] The county name is the Spanish language word for a grove of cottonwood trees .
The Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway is a 129-mile (208 km) Back Country Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla counties, Colorado, USA. The byway explores the historic San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado including Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve; the Old Spanish ...
Mosca (Spanish for fly) is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. Mosca's population is 1,072 as of the 2020 census. [3] It was named for the nearby Mosca Pass, which was named for the Spanish explorer, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado. [4] The Mosca Post Office has the ZIP Code 81146. [2]
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Saguache and Alamosa Counties, Colorado at approximately 37.75° north latitude and 105.5° west longitude. The national park is located in the San Luis Valley while the national preserve is located to the east in an adjacent section of the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains . [5]
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March 18, 2022. The Amache National Historic Site, formally the Granada War Relocation Center but known to the internees as Camp Amache (pronounced a-ma-chee), was a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Prowers County, Colorado. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Americans on the West Coast were ...