Welcome to Barela ...Barela is located in Las Animas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Barela, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. From Place Names in Colorado,<2> the origin of Barela is described as "Named after Senator Casimiro Barela (of the territorial legislature)." Barela is 5,760 feet [1,756 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Barela is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Barela lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Barela: 719 Communities near Barela ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barela.
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 Barela. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barela. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barela. 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 Barela. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barela. See our Newspapers Page for Barela. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barela ...Looking for more information about Barela? 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barela, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barela. Adding Barela to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barela 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 (so far) for Barela was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Barela. Footnotes ...
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