Description
Name applied to the populated place west of the Rio Grande. The tilde was added to the name to conform to the legal incorporation name.
History
A station established by the D&RGW Railroad in 1881 became Española Station. “La Española” (Spanish: ‘the Spanish woman’) is said to have been the nickname of Josefa Lopez de Lucero who operated a saloon in its early years. The move to incorporate as the Village of Española was made as early as 1920.