Official Name: | Chama, Colorado |
Other Name: | Crestones |
Pushpin Map: | Colorado#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Chama (Huerfano County) |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chama in Huerfano County, Colorado |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Huerfano |
Established Title: | 1869 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 37.7189°N -105.2989°W |
Elevation Ft: | 7881 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 81040 |
Area Code: | 719 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Chama, elevation 7881feet, is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
The community was settled around 1869 and was originally called Crestones. The first settlers were from Chama, New Mexico. An old adobe church, called Our Lady of Guadalupe, still stands in the community.[2]
Chama is located southwest of Gardner, Colorado and on the east side of the Sangre de Cristo Range along County Road 575 in the Upper Huerfano River Valley.