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Trails0.3 mi0.8 mi per sq mi
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About Crestone

Town in Colorado, US
1880Established
141Population
0.4 sq miArea
7,923 ftElevation

The Town of Crestone is a statutory town in Saguache County, Colorado. The town's population was 141 according to the 2020 United States census. Crestone is located at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Range, on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley. In 1880, George Adams and E. A. Reser purchased land adjoining the northern boundary of the Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4 and filed the town plat for Crestone on November 4 of that year. In 1971, the Arizona-Colorado Land and Cattle Company formed the Baca Grande Corporation to develop a part of the ranch as the Baca Grande community. By 2012, the development contained approximately 4,000 lots, about 25% of which had been developed. The Crestone…

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ZIP code81131
Area code719
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Housing in Crestone

$356K▼ 2.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Crestone home is worth about $356,000, down 2.5% in a year, 33% below the Colorado typical home.

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Rio Grande HospitalDel Norte · 35.2 mi · ER · rural critical access
Moffat Family Health CenterMoffat · 11.5 mi · sliding-scale fees
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School Grade C-

The public schools Crestone’s kids attend trail 78% of Colorado’s districts on state tests.

DistrictMoffat School District No. 2 in the county of Saguache andSchools1

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