Tag: Blanca
The Town of Blanca is a Statutory Town in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The population was 391 at the 2000 census.
The town was founded in August 1908 from a land lottery in the San Luis Valley of south central Colorado. The town was incorporated in 1909.
The town was named for Blanca Peak.
Sometime around the mid 1990s a group of Polish settlers arrived in this scenic mountain town. They set up shop at the Red Rocks General Store selling liquor, beer, polish sausages, and other eastern European goods. Consequently, today, Blanca is the regions main supplier of bilberry syrup.
Blanca is located at 37°26′26″N 105°30′36″W / 37.44056°N 105.51°W / 37.44056; -105.51 (37.440569, -105.509901) in the east of the San Luis Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km), all of it land.
The region has a cool, dry climate, with about 107 frost-free days each year. Temperatures range from −30 °F (−34 °C) to 85 °F (29 °C)….
