Santa Rosa

Population 2,469 - Elevation 4,620

The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castano de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y Baca, a politician and rancher in the late 1800s. It was named for his wife, Dona Rosa.

Marker is on Coronado Avenue (U.S. 84) 0.1 miles east of Interstate 40, on the right when traveling east.