La Veta
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town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Huerfano
- Incorporated town
- June 16, 1886
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Mayor
- Douglas R. Brgoch
- Total
- 1.37 sq mi (3.54 km )
- Land
- 1.37 sq mi (3.54 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 7,021 ft (2,140 m)
- Density
- 631/sq mi (244/km )
- Demonym
- La Vetan
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-44100
- Website
- townoflaveta-co .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- La Veta
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Huerfano County
- Population
- 862
- Area
- 3.539237
- Elevation
- 2145
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Official website
- www.townoflaveta-co.gov
- Image
- Ritterschoolhouse.jpg
- Households
- 414
- Dialing code
- 719
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 81055
- Commons category
- La Veta, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 28556
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Encyclopedic overview
La Veta (/ləˈvitə/ lə-VEE-tə, Spanish for "the vein") is a statutory town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. La Veta sits at the base of the Spanish Peaks on the Highway of Legends National Scenic Byway. The town population was 862 as of the 2020 United States census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Veta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.