BlockVanished settlements of Las Animas County, Colorado
The Geographic Names Information System records 9 places in Las Animas County, Colorado that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
9A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.
| Where in the county | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delagua | near Canyon Bonito, Delagua quadrangle | 4.1 miles south of Vallorso | 21 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Forbes | near Number Seven Canyon, Ludlow quadrangle | 4.7 miles west of Vallorso | 19 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Madrid | in Madrid Canyon, Madrid quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Tijeras | 21 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Piedmont | near Carpios Canyon, Trinidad West quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Jansen | 24 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Primero | near Pentitente Canyon, Madrid quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-west of Segundo | 21 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Saint Thomas | near Carpios Canyon, Trinidad West quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-east of Jansen | 24 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Sopris | near Levsa Canyon, Trinidad West quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Jansen | 24 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Sopris Plaza | near Levsa Canyon, Trinidad West quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Jansen | 24 sheets, 1891 to 1988 | |
| Viola | near Long Canyon, Trinidad West quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-west of Cokedale | 24 sheets, 1891 to 1988 |
Provenance
- Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
- Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
- Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
- Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.