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Los Sauces is a populated place in 
The community came into being in the 1847 as a
Preserving Los Sauces area
, ''Valley Courier'' In 1941 (then population 150), it was written that the community was settled by Antonio Marquez, Jose Rodriques, and Fernando Borrego in 1863–64, and was called "Los Sauses," which is Spanish for "willows," and named after the trees along the river and lagoons that look like that tree. The name was intended to be "Los Sauses" but became "La Sauses" on a post office application, and the error was never fixed.Place Names In Colorado (L), ''Colorado Magazine'' p. 231 (Vol. 18, No. 6, November 1941) (taken from Federal Writers' Project) Despite the incorrect spelling, people from the region still refer to the town by the correct name, Los Sauces, and some highway signage has been changed to reflect the correct spelling of the town's name. The adobe church La Capilla de San Antonio de Padua, first constructed in 1880, and replaced in 1928, is located in the community, and is listed in the
Guide to Colorado Historic Places
p. 263 (2007)
Conejos County, Colorado
Conejos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,461. The county seat is the unincorporated community of Conejos.
Being 50.7% Hispanic in 2020, Conejos was Colorado's largest Hispa ...
, United States, on the west side of the Rio Grande.
Variant names of the community listed in the Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
are La Sauses, Los Sauces, and Los Sauses.
The community came into being in the 1847 as a ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
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Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
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where stagecoaches and other wagons crossed the Rio Grande. Though small, it contained a store, dancehall, and a post office from 1895 to 1920.Simmons, Virginia (17 November 2009)Preserving Los Sauces area
, ''Valley Courier'' In 1941 (then population 150), it was written that the community was settled by Antonio Marquez, Jose Rodriques, and Fernando Borrego in 1863–64, and was called "Los Sauses," which is Spanish for "willows," and named after the trees along the river and lagoons that look like that tree. The name was intended to be "Los Sauses" but became "La Sauses" on a post office application, and the error was never fixed.Place Names In Colorado (L), ''Colorado Magazine'' p. 231 (Vol. 18, No. 6, November 1941) (taken from Federal Writers' Project) Despite the incorrect spelling, people from the region still refer to the town by the correct name, Los Sauces, and some highway signage has been changed to reflect the correct spelling of the town's name. The adobe church La Capilla de San Antonio de Padua, first constructed in 1880, and replaced in 1928, is located in the community, and is listed in the
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties The Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, administered by the History Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, is a listing of significant historic resources. History Colorado maintains a list of the Colorado State Regis ...
.Noel, Thomas JGuide to Colorado Historic Places
p. 263 (2007)
Location
* LasausesReferences
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Conejos County, Colorado Populated places established in the 1860s Unincorporated communities in Colorado