Rosita, Colorado
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Rosita was a silver mining town — now a ghost town — in Custer County, Colorado, United States. Rosita is Spanish for little rose. Although the old town has almost entirely disappeared (the former post office building is now an operating restaurant),[3] the surrounding area has been largely developed into semi-rural home sites.
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Rosita, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 38°05′50″N 105°20′10″W | |
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County | Custer County[1] |
Founded | 1872 |
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• Type | ghost town |
Elevation | 2,685 m (8,809 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code[2] | Westcliffe 81252 |
Area code | 719 |
GNIS feature ID | 0192319 |
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The town was used in the filming of the 1958 western movie Saddle the Wind.