North La Junta
North La Junta is a census-designated place in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population of the North La Junta CDP was 482 at the United States Census 2020. The La Junta post office serves the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 512 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Otero County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “North La Junta, CO” and “North La Junta, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Junta station and Fox Theater.
La Junta station
Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
La Junta station is a train station in La Junta, Colorado served by Amtrak. Amtrak's Southwest Chief trains 3 & 4 stop here for 10–15 minutes. Westbound trains are scheduled to arrive at 8:15 AM and depart at 8:30 AM, while the eastbound trains arrive at 7:30 PM and depart at 7:41 PM.
Koshare Indian Museum and Dancers
Museum
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The Koshare Indian Museum is an art and scouting museum in La Junta, Colorado. The building, located on the Otero Junior College campus, is a tri-level museum with an attached kiva that is built with the largest self-supporting log roof in the world. Koshare Indian Museum and Dancers is situated 2 miles south of North La Junta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Junta and La Junta Gardens.
La Junta
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
La Junta is a town in the Eastern Plains of Colorado. It is notable to travelers as the nearest town to Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, preserving an historically important locale along the Santa Fe Trail.
La Junta Gardens
Hamlet
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
La Junta Gardens is a Census-designated place in and governed by Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population of the La Junta Gardens CDP was 123 at the United States Census 2020. The La Junta post office serves the area.
Swink
Village
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Swink is a Statutory Town in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population was 604 at the 2020 census. Swink is situated 5 miles west of North La Junta.
North La Junta
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Otero, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.99695° or 37° 59′ 49″ northLongitude
-103.53189° or 103° 31′ 55″ westPopulation
512Elevation
4,052 feet (1,235 metres)Open location code
859RXFW9+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 151488056OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5432990Wikidata ID
Q15262523
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“North La Junta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “North La Junta”
- Chechen: “Норт-Ла-Хунта”
- Chinese: “北拉洪塔”
- French: “North La Junta”
- German: “North La Junta”
- Gilaki: “نؤرث لا جۊنتا (کؤلؤرادؤ)”
- Gilaki: “نؤرث لا جۊنتا”
- Irish: “North La Junta”
- Italian: “North La Junta”
- Ladin: “North La Junta”
- Navajo: “Náhookǫsjí Ahiʼdiitiiní”
- Polish: “North La Junta”
- Serbian: “Норт Ла Ханта”
- Serbian: “Норт Ла Џанта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “North La Junta, Colorado”
- Serbo-Croatian: “North La Junta”
- Spanish: “North La Junta (Colorado)”
- Spanish: “North La Junta”
- Tatar: “Норт-Ла-Хунта”
- Ukrainian: “Норт-Ла-Хунта”
- Welsh: “North La Junta”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Junta Village and Casa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spanish Bible Tabernacle and Hubbard Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North La Junta”. Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.