Delagua, Colorado | |
|---|---|
 The Delagua site and County Road 44 | |
  Delagua  Delagua | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′24″N 104°39′47″W / 37.3400°N 104.6630°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  State of Colorado |
| County | Las Animas |
| Elevation | 6,686 ft (2,038 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Highways | none |
Delagua is an extinct town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The town site is about 5 miles (8 km) south of Aguilar. It served as a company-owned coal-mining town for the Victor-American Fuel Company.[2] The Delagua post office operated from April 30, 1903, until May 31, 1954.[3]
Delagua is a name derived from Spanish meaning "of the water" (and it refers to the 'canon of the water').[4] Delagua was incorporated as a town in 1903,[5] and its post office opened the same year. The Colorado and Southeastern Railway was extended to serve the mine and town.[2]
- ^ "Delagua (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "Death at Delagua". Huerfano World Journal. Huerfano, CO. November 15, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 17.
- ^ Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States (1910), Volume II: Population, p. 202, footnote 17
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