Rosita, Colorado
Rosita, Colorado | |
|---|---|
Location in Custer County and the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°05′50″N 105°20′10″W / 38.09722°N 105.33611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Custer County |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Government | |
| • Type | ghost town |
| Elevation | 2,685 m (8,809 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | Westcliffe 81252 |
| Area code | 719 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0192319 |
Rosita was a silver mining town — now a ghost town — in Custer County, Colorado, United States. Rosita is Spanish for little rose. Although the old town has almost entirely disappeared (the former post office building was for a time a restaurant), the surrounding area has been largely developed into semi-rural home sites.
The town was used in the filming of the 1958 western movie Saddle the Wind.