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Las Animas County
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county in Colorado, United States
Las Animas County is a county located in Colorado in the southwestern part of the state. It matters as part of Colorado's local government structure and serves as an administrative region for the communities and residents within its boundaries.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- February 9, 1866
- Named after
- Purgatoire River
- Seat
- Trinidad
- Total
- 4,775 sq mi (12,370 km )
- Land
- 4,773 sq mi (12,360 km )
- Water
- 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,391
- Density
- 3.049/sq mi (1.177/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Website
- lasanimascounty .colorado .gov
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 14555
- Area
- 12368
- Official website
- lasanimascounty.org
- Image
- Las Animas County Court House.JPG
- Households
- 6750
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- Las Animas County
- Commons category
- Las Animas County, Colorado
- inception
- 1866-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.06
- per capita income
- 26918
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Not to be confused with the City of Las Animas, Colorado Statue of Liberty replica at the Las Animas Courthouse in Trinidad
Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en el Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory."