A post office was established at Abeyta in 1914, and closed within that same year.[2] The community was named after Mrs. Abeyta, the mother of one Casimiro Barela.[3]
^Donald R. Elliott (1999). Doris L. Elliott (ed.). Place Names of Colorado(PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. p. 2. Archived(PDF) from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via Denver Public Library.