Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Las Animas County, Colorado.
Official Website
Created in 1866, 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."
Adjacent Counties
- Bent County
- Otero County
- Baca County
- Colfax County, New Mexico
- Union County, New Mexico
- Costilla County
- Huerfano County
- Pueblo County
Cities, Towns & Communities
Aguilar | Boncarbo | Branson | Brodhead | Cokedale | Delagua | Delhi | Earl | El Moro | Hoehne | Jansen | Kim | Ludlow | Lynn | Madrid | Model | Morley | Segundo | Sopris | Starkville | Stonewall Gap | Thatcher | Trinchera | Trinidad (County Seat) | Tyrone | Valdez | Villegreen | Weston
Cemeteries
Links
San Isabel National Forest (part)
National Register of Historic Places