Alamosa, Colorado Alamosa, Colorado Location inside Alamosa County and Colorado Location inside Alamosa County and Colorado Country United States State Colorado County Alamosa County seat Alamosa is a town/city under Home Rule Municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 8,780 at the 2010 United States Census. The town/city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado, and is the home of Adams State University.
Alamosa was established in May 1878 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and quickly became an meaningful rail center. The barns 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 close-by attractions, including the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Colorado Gators Reptile Park.
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 town/city takes its name from the Spanish adjective Alamosa, meaning "of cottonwood", for the cottonwood forests which expanded along the Rio Grande and throughout town. Alamosa is positioned at 37 28 N 105 52 W (37.469, 105.874), at the junction of U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.5 square miles (14.3 km2), of which 5.4 square miles (14.0 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 2.26%, is water. Alamosa is positioned along the Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley, in the highest general agricultural territory in the United States.
The San Luis Valley is the biggest intermountain valley in the world, where small-town farmers specialize in burgeoning cool weather crops.
Elevation is about 7,500 feet (2,300 m) in Alamosa with peaks over 14,000 feet (4,300 m) inside 23 miles (37 km) of town in the Sangre de Cristo Range.
Alamosa features a cold desert climate (Koppen BWk) with long, cold winters and warm summers, and dry weather year-round.
Normals range from a low of 4 F ( 20 C) in January to a high of 82 F (28 C) in July.
Alamosa's geography and eveningtime temperatures account for it being listed as the coldest town/city in the adjoining United States, with a record average of 227 evenings per year with a minimum temperature of 32 F (0 C) or less, and 48.7 evenings with minima below 0 F ( 17.8 C).
Climate data for Alamosa, Colorado Average high F ( C) 33.1 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 4.1 3.6 4.9 2.7 1.3 0 0 0 0 1.3 3.6 4.3 25.8 There were 3,215 housing units at an average density of 805.8 per square mile (311.1/km ).
The average homehold size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 21.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city of Alamosa is a Home Rule Municipality like many other Colorado towns.
The current mayor of Alamosa is Josef Lucero.
City Hall in Alamosa Alamosa Public Schools are part of the Alamosa School District RE-11 - J, and include Alamosa Elementary School, Ortega Middle School, and Alamosa High School.
The University's locale in Alamosa, with an altitude of about 7,800 ft above sea level, attracts many athletes (especially runners) to the school's athletic program.
Alamosa is on the Rio Grande River, which is crossed by two auto bridges, one pedestrian bridge and one rail bridge in town.
Alamosa is served by the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad.
Train station in Alamosa Alamosa is the shopping center for the San Luis Valley and has a Wal - Mart Supercenter, a Walgreens and two supermarkets, Safeway and City Market.
Adams State University is positioned in Alamosa.
Trinidad State Junior College has a ground situated in Alamosa.
Alamosa is home of Cattails Golf Course, an 18-hole championship course with a new clubhouse opened in 2008.
Billy Adams, mayor of Alamosa, governor of Colorado from 1927 to 1933.
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