Baca County, Colorado has 14 churches in the Churches List directory, 0 of them verified and 4 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 16 congregations and 890 adherents across 9 religious bodies in the county. That is 254 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 3,508 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Methodist Church | 3 | 239 | 68.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | 2 | 140 | 39.9 |
| Catholic Church | 1 | 119 | 33.9 |
| Wesleyan Church | 2 | 104 | 29.6 |
| Churches of Christ | 4 | 92 | 26.2 |
| Assemblies of God | 1 | 90 | 25.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 1 | 51 | 14.5 |
| Evangelical Friends Church International | 2 | 50 | 14.3 |
| Baha'i Faith USA | 0 | 5 | 1.4 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (3,508). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Sunday School 9, Sunday Worship 10, Sunday Evening 6, Wednesday Night 7
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (3) · Methodist (3) · Assemblies of God (2) · Wesleyan (1) · Seventh Day Adventist (1) · Catholic (1) · Quaker (1) · Church of Christ (1) · Church of God (1)
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Colorado counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Baca County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 11 disaster declarations covering Baca County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2023. The most frequent cause: flood (3 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Directory listings are mapped to Baca County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.