Las Animas, Colorado
Las Animas, Colorado Las Animas City Hall Las Animas City Hall Location in Bent County and the state of Colorado Location in Bent County and the state of Colorado State State of Colorado County Bent County Seat Las Animas is the Statutory City that is the governmental center of county and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 2,410 at the 2010 United States Census. Las Animas is positioned in southeast Colorado east of Pueblo, near the historic Bent's Fort.
Las Animas is positioned on the Arkansas River, just west of its confluence with the Purgatoire River (or "Purgatory River").
The initial Spanish name for Las Animas ("The Souls," in Spanish) was purported to be La Ciudad de Las Animas Perdidos en Purgatorio, "The town/city of lost souls in Purgatory." According to the book Trinidad, Colorado Territory by Morris F.
The Spanish version, El Rio de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio, was considered an embellishment of the French version.
Existing maps have different names for the river: Rio de Las Animas, Purgatory River, and "Picatoire", a corruption of Purgatoire (which today is anglicized as Picketwire).
Water is a central copy in Las Animas.
Like many metros/cities in southeastern Colorado, Las Animas competes with wealthier metros/cities on the Front Range for the water to sustain life and the small-town agricultural economy.
As this water is diverted upstream to serve the larger cities, Las Animas loses access to this meaningful resource.
Post Office in Las Animas Las Animas is positioned in northwest Bent County at 38 4 1 N 103 13 33 W (38.066980, -103.225937), along the Arkansas River.
Highway 50 is the chief highway through the city, dominant west 82 miles (132 km) to Pueblo and east 36 miles (58 km) to Lamar.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2), of which 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2) is territory and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 2.75%, is water. Las Animas is often one of the warmest metros/cities in Colorado, however winters can still be quite cold.
The record low temperature in Las Animas of 32 F ( 35.6 C) occurred most recently on January 28, 1948.
The record high temperature for Las Animas is 114 F (45.6 C) and occurred most recently on June 24, 2012. Each year there are roughly 74 afternoons that hit 90 F (32.2 C) or hotter, with sixteen reaching at least 100 F or 37.8 C. The record for lowest maximum temperature was on December 20, 1924, when the high was 8 F ( 22.2 C).
On the other end of the spectrum, Las Animas' hottest minimum temperature occurred August 2, 1935, with a low of 89 F (31.7 C).
Climate data for Las Animas, Colorado (Temps: 1893 2015, Snowfall: 1981-2010) Mary's Catholic Church in Las Animas In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Las Animas sits along the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail and served as the primary city in southeast Colorado until the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad established operations in La Junta, 20 miles (32 km) to the west of Las Animas.
Las Animas jubilates an annual Santa Fe Trail Day, a celebration of the pioneers and traders who used this trail.
The Las Animas High School Student Council organizes the day, with assistance from the Bent County Chamber of Commerce.
On April 24, 2009, Las Animas jubilated its 75th Annual Santa Fe Trail Day with affairs throughout the weekend.
Built in 1916 to replace the old Columbian School (1887), Columbian Elementary School was the only building of Spanish architecture style in Las Animas.
It was also the only open-courtyard school in the state of Colorado.
In 2004, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance, and, needing renovation for continued use, it was on the 2004 Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Considered by the School Board and all but a handful of people to be too costly to renovate, this 90-year-old building was completed on February 21, 2006. Following demolition, the school was delisted on July 26, 2006. The town/city constructed a new elementary school just west of the old school location.
Bus service is provided daily eastward towards Wichita, Kansas and westward towards Pueblo, Colorado by Bee - Line Express (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines). Main article: List of citizens from Las Animas, Colorado Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Las Animas include fur trader and rancher William Bent, actor and singer Ken Curtis, and editor and arts patron Mari Yoriko Sabusawa. State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Bent County, Colorado Santa Fe National Historic Trail a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Las Animas city, Colorado".
Pueblo, Colorado: O'Brien and Stationery Co.
https://ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/quickdata Retrieved 13 July 2015.
https://weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=745303&cityname=Las+Animas%2 - C+Colorado%2 - C+United+States+of+America&units= Retrieved 16 June 2015.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Columbian Elementary School, Las Animas", National Park Service "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Columbian Elementary School" (PDF).
Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Colorado Historical Society description of removal Las Animas, Colorado CDOT map of the City of Las Animas Bent County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places, Bent County Unofficial Las Animas website Municipalities and communities of Bent County, Colorado, United States
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