Rico is a town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. The population was 288 at the 2020 census. Its current form of government is that of a home rule municipality.
Rico Town Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Dey Building, built in 1892 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Dolores County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,326. The county seat is Dove Creek.
Dolores County Courthouse in Dove Creek
"Bravoite", Pyrite with a thin coating of Molybdenite, from the old Rico Argentine Mine.
Lizard Head
U.S. Route 491 with a sign marking the border between Dolores County and Montezuma County