La Jara is a statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The population was 730 at the 2020 United States census.
History Catawba converts to Mormonism who settled in Colorado from South Carolina helped to establish the settlement of La Jara.
Geography La Jara is in the San Luis Valley region of Colorado. U.S. Route 285 passes through La Jara, leading north to Alamosa and south to the New Mexico border and beyond.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
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Notable people Eppie Archuleta, master weaver and 1985 recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship Morton Blackwell, conservative political activist, born in La Jara in 1939 Donald Valdez, former Colorado State Representative
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