Las Animas, Colorado

Las Animas, Colorado
Las Animas City Hall.
Las Animas City Hall.
Nickname: 
The City of Souls
Location of the City of Las Animas in Bent County, Colorado.
Location of the City of Las Animas in Bent County, Colorado.
Las Animas is located in the United States
Las Animas
Las Animas
Location of the City of Las Animas in the United States.
Coordinates: 38°4′1″N 103°13′33″W / 38.06694°N 103.22583°W / 38.06694; -103.22583
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyBent County[2]
CityLas Animas[1]
IncorporatedMay 15, 1886[3]
Government
 • TypeStatutory City[1]
 • MayorJim Collins[4]
Area
 • Total1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2)
 • Land1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation3,898 ft (1,188 m)
Population
 • Total2,300
 • Density1,400/sq mi (530/km2)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code[8]
81054
Area code719
FIPS code08-43660
GNIS feature ID0195526
Websitewww.colorado.gov/cityoflasanimas

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.[1][9] The city population was 2,300 at the 2020 United States Census.[7] 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.

  1. ^ a b c d "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  4. ^ "Mayor and City Council - City of Las Animas". colorado.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Las Animas city; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  9. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

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