Welcome to San Luis ...

The town of San Luis is located in Costilla County<1> and is the County Seat for Costilla County.

The location of San Luis has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

San Luis was established in 1851 and was incorporated in 1885.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, San Luis has a population of 699 people<3> (see below for details).

The community of San Luis is 7,970 feet [2,429 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of San Luis is 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: San Luis lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

San Luis lies within the (719) area code.

The ZIP code for San Luis: 81152<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, San Luis had an population of 699 people. This is an increase of 11.13% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.41% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, San Luis had a population of 629 people (or 17.85% of the total population of Costilla County). This makes San Luis the county's most populous community.

The population of San Luis represents 0.01% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 180th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 629 people, the population of San Luis decreased 14.88% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 739 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for San Luis.

Communities Also Named San Luis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named San Luis - they are located in Arizona (2), California, New Mexico and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Luis.

Communities near San Luis ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near San Luis.

• Blanca
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanca
  • Blanca is located in Costilla County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanca <6>
• San Acacio
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Acacio
  • San Acacio is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Acacio <6>
• Garcia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garcia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia
  • Garcia is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garcia <6>
• Fort Garland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Garland
  • Fort Garland is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Garland <6>
• Ventero
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventero
  • Ventero is located in Taos County (NM)
• Costilla
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costilla
  • Costilla is located in Taos County (NM)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Costilla <6>
• Garland City ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garland City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland City
  • Garland City is located in Costilla County
• Jaroso
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaroso have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaroso
  • Jaroso is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jaroso <6>
• Amalia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalia
  • Amalia is located in Taos County (NM)
• Monument Park
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
  • Monument Park is located in Las Animas County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around San Luis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Luis.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Luis. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Luis.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Luis. See our Newspapers Page for San Luis.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Luis ...

Looking for more information about San Luis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for San Luis, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for San Luis.

Adding San Luis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Luis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for San Luis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the San Luis post office opened in 1862.

We also found San Luis in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Luis.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Luis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/