Name
The name may be based upon a Piro name for the place, but altered in form because polvareda means dusty in Spanish, which, as US Army Lt. Emory noted in 1846, it certainly is. Other spellings of the name include Pulvidera and Pulvedera. The church in Polvadera was dedicated to San Lorenzo and his feast day, August 10, is the local fiesta.
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