Farista is a former

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Huerfano County,

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, United States that has been annexed into

Walsenburg The City of Walsenburg is the Statutory City that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 3,049 at the 2020 census, down from 3,068 in 2010. History Walsenbur ...

. The

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( ZIP Code 81089) now serves Farista postal addresses.

Annexation by Walsenburg

The area referred to as Farista on Google maps and other recent online sources was annexed by the City of Walsenburg in 2008 and is considered to be the Northlands neighborhood of the city. The name Farista is not used in any official context by Walsenburg or by Huerfano County (Northlands is used instead), nor do locals refer to the area as Farista.

Name

The name was taken from the Lebanese Faris family of the Faris Land and Cattle Co. who owned much of the land in the area in the early to mid 20th century. References to Farista are often typographical errors concerning the actual town of

Farisita, Colorado Farisita is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. History Fort Talpa Fort Talpa, a Spanish adobe post, was built in the 1820s as a means of protection from possible attacks by Native Americans. In the 1870 ...

(named after the same Faris family) which is also in Huerfano county near Gardner. One example is a Colorado State University Werner College of Natural Resources report called ''Survey of Critical Wetland Resources in Huerfano County'' Culver, D. R. and P. F. Smith. 2017. "Survey of Critical Wetland Resources in Huerfano, CO." Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. from 2017 which interchanges Farista with Farisita frequently.

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{{Huerfano County, Colorado Huerfano County, Colorado