Fort Garland was a United States Army post from 1858 to 1883. Today, Fort Garland is a historic unincorporated community, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Costilla County, Colorado, United States. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Fort Garland CDP was 464, The Fort Garland post office has the ZIP Code 81133. The fort was abandoned in 1883 following the confinement of the tribes to Indian reservations in the Territory of Utah and the State of Colorado. The Fort Garland Museum preserves some of the historic buildings from the fort.
Geography
thumb|left|250px|Mount Lindsey and Iron Nipple, [[Sangre de Cristo Range, taken from along C-159, about five miles south of Fort Garland]]
Fort Garland is located in northern Costilla County at coordinates and elevation .
See also
- Alamosa, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
- List of census-designated places in Colorado
- List of forts in Colorado
- List of military installations in Colorado
- List of populated places in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
- Fort Massachusetts
- Old Spanish Trail
- Spanish Fort
References
External links
- State of Colorado
- History Colorado
- Fort Garland @ Colorado.com
- Fort Garland @ UncoverColorado.com
- Fort Garland @ Sangres.com
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center
- Fort Garland @ ColoradoEncyclopedia.org
- Fort Garland @ ArmyHistory.org
- Costilla County website