Garcia, Colorado
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Garcia is an unincorporated community located in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The San Luis post office (Zip Code 81152) serves Garcia postal addresses.
History
Originally settled in 1849 as La Plaza de los Manzanares,{{Cite book |last=Tushar |first=Olibama López |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310960699 |title=The people of El Valle : a history of the Spanish settlers in the San Luis Valley |date=2007 |publisher=El Escritorio |isbn=0-9628974-6-9 |edition=4th|location=Pueblo, Colo. |oclc=310960699}} Garcia rivals San Luis as the oldest continuously occupied settlement in Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradocentralmagazine.com/lines-in-the-sand/|title=Lines in the sand|author-first=Mike|author-last=Rosso|work=Colorado Central Magazine|date=November 1, 2010|access-date=February 28, 2023}} A post office called Garcia was established in 1915.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=25 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120236/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |archive-date=6 March 2016 |df= }} The community was named for the local Garcia family.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=29|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=23}}
The historically significant, but long-unused, adobe Garcia School{{Cite web |title=Garcia School |url=https://coloradopreservation.org/garcia-school |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=coloradopreservation.org}}{{Cite web |title=Garcia School {{!}} History Colorado |url=https://www.historycolorado.org/location/garcia-school |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.historycolorado.org}} is being considered for renovation and return to school use by the Centennial School District.{{Cite web |last=Breunlin |first=Erica |date=2024-03-04 |title=1800s-era schoolhouse in tiny Colorado town will reopen to students after sitting vacant for decades |url=http://coloradosun.com/2024/03/04/garcia-school-san-luis-valley-colorado-schoolhouse/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}{{Citation |title=CBS Colorado |date=Feb 9, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irtAiMLuoiw |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en}}
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{{Costilla County, Colorado}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Costilla County, Colorado