Welcome to La Garita ...La Garita is located in Saguache County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of La Garita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. La Garita is 7,830 feet [2,387 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of La Garita is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: La Garita lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for La Garita: 719 Communities Also Named La Garita ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named La Garita - it's located in New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Garita. Communities near La Garita ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Garita.
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 La Garita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Garita. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Garita. 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 La Garita. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Garita. See our Newspapers Page for La Garita. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Garita ...Looking for more information about La Garita? 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 La Garita, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for La Garita. Adding La Garita to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Garita 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 La Garita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for La Garita. Footnotes ...
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