Las Animas, Colorado | |
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 Las Animas City Hall. | |
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| Nickname: The City of Souls | |
 Location of the City of Las Animas in Bent County, Colorado. | |
  Las Animas Location of the City of Las Animas in the United States. | |
| Coordinates: 38°4′1″N 103°13′33″W / 38.06694°N 103.22583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Bent County[2] |
| City | Las Animas[1] |
| Incorporated | May 15, 1886[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory City[1] |
| • Mayor | Jim Collins[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| • Land | 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,898 ft (1,188 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,300 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (530/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[8] | 81054 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-43660 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0195526 |
| Website | www |
Las Animas is the statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States.[1][9] The city population was 2,300 at the 2020 United States Census.[7] Las Animas is located on the Arkansas River, just west of its confluence with the Purgatoire River (or "Purgatory River"), in southeast Colorado east of Pueblo, near the historic Bent's Fort.
- ^ a b c d "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "Mayor and City Council - City of Las Animas". colorado.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Las Animas city; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.