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Las Animas, Colorado
Las Animas, Colorado | |
|---|---|
 City Hall (2010) | |
 Flag | |
 Location within Bent County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°4′1″N 103°13′33″W / 38.06694°N 103.22583°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Bent |
| Incorporated | May 15, 1886[3] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Collins[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| • Land | 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,898 ft (1,188 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,300 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (530/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 81054[7] |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-43660 [2] |
| GNIS ID | 195526 [2] |
| Website | City website |
Las Animas is the statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States.[2] The city population was 2,300 at the 2020 United States Census.[6] Las Animas is located on the Arkansas River, just west of its confluence with the Purgatoire River (or "Purgatory River"), in southeast Colorado east of Pueblo, near the historic Bent's Fort.
- ^ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Las Animas, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "Mayor and City Council - City of Las Animas". colorado.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Las Animas city; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
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