Delagua, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 37°20′24″N 104°39′47″W / 37.3400°N 104.6630°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | State of Colorado |
County | Las Animas |
Elevation | 6,686 ft (2,038 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Highways | none |
Delagua is an extinct town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The town site is about 5 miles (8 km) south of Aguilar. It served as a company-owned coal-mining town for the Victor-American Fuel Company.[2] The Delagua post office operated from April 30, 1903, until May 31, 1954.[3]
Delagua is a name derived from Spanish meaning "of the water" (and it refers to the 'canon of the water').[4] Delagua was incorporated as a town in 1903,[5] and its post office opened the same year. The Colorado and Southeastern Railway was extended to serve the mine and town.[2]