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Costilla County, Colorado

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14historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

3,499pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near San Luis, San Francisco, Los Fuertes.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Colorado is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Costilla titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
"Sierras y Colores" Mural	San Luis	Object	2023
Capilla de San Isidro	Los Fuertes	Building	2013
Capilla de Viejo San Acacio	Viejo San Acacio	Building	2012
Chama Sociedad Proteccion Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU) Lodge Hall	Chama	Building	2018
Fort Garland	Fort Garland	District	1970
Iglesia de San Francisco de Assisi	San Francisco	Building	2012
Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo	San Pedro	Building	2012
Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepcion	Charma	Building	2012
Las Feminilas Concilio #6	San Francisco	Building	2025
Plaza de San Luis de la Culebra	San Luis	District	1978
Rito Seco Creek Culvert	San Luis	Structure	2002
Salazar, A.A., House	San Luis	Building	1998
San Luis Bridge	San Luis	Structure	1985
San Luis Southern Railway Trestle	Blanca	Structure	2004

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Costilla was formed in 1861 (1861-11-01) from unknown / original county.

COSTILLA created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Costilla County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,779	2,879	4,632	5,032	7,533	6,067	4,219	3,071	3,663	3,499

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

8 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Brennaman Cemetery	37.42695	-105.42806
Chama Cemetery	37.15612	-105.3725
Fort Garland Cemetery	37.42417	-105.42778
Jaroso Cemetery	37.01807	-105.6275
Mac Mullan Cemetery	37.43653	-105.46513
Myer Cemetery	37.43528	-105.45
Old Town Cemetery	37.19306	-105.50972
San Pedro Cemetery	37.18945	-105.39028

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Garland City	37.45251	-105.34223

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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