Trinidad, Colorado
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Trinidad is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 8,329 as of the 2020 census. Trinidad lies 21 mi (34 km) north of Raton, New Mexico, and 195 mi (314 km) south of Denver. It is on the historic Santa Fe Trail.
Trinidad from the Simpsons Rest Overlook.
Trinidad from the Wormhole Loop Trail.
Panorama of Downtown Trinidad facing West on 1st Street.
The Amtrak Southwest Chief at Trinidad station
Las Animas County, Colorado
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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."
Las Animas County Courthouse in Trinidad
Statue of Liberty replica at the Las Animas Courthouse in Trinidad
Public library in Trinidad serves Las Animas County
Philatelic cover postmarked Officer, Colorado on the last day of service. Mail from this discontinued post office was then handled at Villegreen, Colorado, now also a discontinued post office.