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Alamosa, Colorado

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The city of Alamosa is located in Alamosa County and is the county seat.

Alamosa was incorporated August 12, 1878.

The community of Alamosa is 2,290 feet [697.99 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Alamosa lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Alamosa, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Alamosa had a population of 7,960 people<2> (or 53.18% of the total population of Alamosa County). The population of Alamosa represented 0.19% of the total of Colorado, making it the state's 43rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Alamosa had a population of 8,745 people. This is an increase of 9.86% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Alamosa.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20088,745+9.86%+0.64% since 2007
20078,689+9.16% 
20068,690+9.17% 
20058,684+9.1% 
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20007,960The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Antonito   S28 mi [45.06 km]7889.74% decrease
 Blanca   E20 mi [32.19 km]34212.53% decrease
 Center   NW23 mi [37.01 km]2,3890.13% decrease
 Fort Garland   E24 mi [38.62 km]---
 Hooper   N19 mi [30.58 km]1240.81% increase
 La Jara   S14 mi [22.53 km]7929.69% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Alamosa.

Websites for Alamosa

Official Website:   www.cityofalamosa.org/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.alamosa.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Alamosa or Alamosa County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alamosa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Alamosa:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Alamosa? Please visit the Map Page for Alamosa.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alamosa - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alamosa.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alamosa and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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