The Town of Crestone is a Statutory Town in Saguache County, Colorado. According to the 2020 United States Census, the town's population was 141. Crestone is located at the foot of the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range, in the northern part of the San Luis Valley. Crestone was platted in 1880 by George Adams, owner of the neighboring Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4. In the 1970s, the Baca Grande land development was established on the lands of the Baca Grant to the south and west. Several hundred homes have been built there.
Welcome sign on Birch Street,
Galena Avenue June 1901
Approach to Crestone at the east end of Road T. The square topped mountain is Kit Carson Mountain, the peak on the right is Crestone Peak.
Crestone post office
Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,368. The county seat is Saguache.
Entering Saguache County from the north on U.S. 285