Chama is an unincorporated town

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 and U.S. Post Office

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 in Costilla County

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, Colorado

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, United States

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. The ZIP Code

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 of the Chama Post Office

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 is 81126.

History

The town of Chama was established by settlers from Chamita, New Mexico

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, in 1860. The Chama Post Office

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 opened on May 3, 1907. The Chama school was taken down between the years of 1999 and 2001.

Description

Most of Chama's houses are made of adobe

Adobe

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. Many of them are very old. There is also a lot of rocks and "chamiso" sage brush in Chama. It is at the foothills of Culebra Ranch.