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Alamosa, CO - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Alamosa  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Alamosa Home page. The Alamosa Home page provides as much information as possible on Alamosa. Knowing Alamosa’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Alamosa’s Home page, you will also find Alamosa’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Alamosa has a population of 9360. 47.9% of Alamosa’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.1 are female. 34.4% of Alamosa is married and 38.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $152,205, and the average rent is $683. Household median income in Alamosa is $38,000, and the individual median income is $20,204. Alamosa’s Ethnic is the following: White(76.4%), Hispanic(55.9%), Other(9.6%), Multiple(8.5%), Native(2.4%), Asian(1.5%), Black(0.9%), Pacific(0.8%).


Alamosa was established in May 1878 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and quickly became an important rail center. Alamosa was the terminus of the D&RG until 1881, when the line was extended to Monte Vista. The railroad had an extensive construction, repair and shipping facility in Alamosa for many years and headquartered its remaining narrow gauge service here with trackage reaching many points throughout southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico.


Alamosa is now a notable tourist town with many nearby attractions, including the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado Gators Reptile Park and the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. The town hosts "Summer Fest on the Rio" which occurs the first weekend in June, the Early Iron car show over the Labor Day weekend, and "Weekends on the Rio" on various Sundays throughout the summer The city takes its name from the Spanish adjective Alamosa, meaning "of cottonwood", for the cottonwood forests which grow along the Rio Grande and throughout town.


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