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Welcome to Querida ...

So far, we found very little information about Querida. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Querida to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Querida, please Contact Us.

Querida would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Querida, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Querida is 8,980 feet [2,737 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Querida is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Querida was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Querida was located: 719

The community of Querida has also been called Bassick. and Querida Junction. For more information about the names of Querida, see The Names of Querida on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Querida ...

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

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 Querida. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Querida.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Querida. 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 Querida.

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

Adding Querida to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Querida 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 Querida was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Querida post office opened in 1880. The Querida post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Querida.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Querida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Querida - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/