Campo Cemetery - Campo, CO
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condor1
N 37° 06.317 W 102° 33.563
13S E 716874 N 4109339
The Campo Cemetery is located about 1.25 miles east of Campo, on the south side of Co Rd J.
Waymark Code: WM960V
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2010
Views: 3
Established in 1914 this cemetery still has lots of open space left. There are approximatly 400 residence currently located here. The cemetery appears to be well maintained. The gates were locked when I was here but there is a Person Gate close by, it was locked as well.
The area now known as Baca County, in which the town of Campo resides is part of the country that was claimed by Spain in 1541 and by 1823 it was claimed by Mexico. In 1836 it was part of the Republic of Texas and still part of Texas when Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845.
In 1845 it was part of Kansas Territory and not until 1861 was it part of Colorado Territory. It was part of Las Animas County at the time that Colorado entered the Union in 1876. The act of the Colorado Legislature in 1889 made Baca a county of its own.
Genelea.net has some intersting pictures of some of the Headstones located in the cemetery.