Conejos, Colorado facts for kids

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Census Designated Place
Conejos County Courthouse in Conejos.
Location of the Conejos CDP in Conejos County, Colorado.
Conejos, Colorado Location in the United States
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Conejos County
Founded	1858
Government
• Type	unincorporated town
Area
• Total	0.484 sq mi (1.254 km2)
• Land	0.484 sq mi (1.254 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.000 km2)
Elevation	7,897 ft (2,407 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	46
• Density	95.0/sq mi (36.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81129
Area code(s)	719
GNIS feature	2631317

Conejos is an unincorporated town, a post office, a census-designated place (CDP), and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The Conejos post office has the ZIP Code 81129. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Conejos CDP was 46. Conejos is the only unincorporated county seat in the State of Colorado.

History

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Conejos.

Conejos is a historic Hispanic settlement. Both the settlement and the county were initially named "Guadalupe". A major historical and architectural feature of Conejos is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1858. The church was the first Roman Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico.

The Conejos post office has been in operation since 1862.

Geography

Conejos is located in southeastern Conejos County in the San Luis Valley. It is bordered to the south by the town of Antonito. U.S. Route 285 forms the eastern edge of the community and leads north 28 miles (45 km) to Alamosa, Colorado, and south 31 miles (50 km) to Tres Piedras, New Mexico.

The Conejos CDP has an area of 310 acres (1.254 km²), all land.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Conejos CDP for the United States Census 2010.

See also

In Spanish: Conejos (Colorado) para niños