Map of Conejos CDP

Conejos is an unincorporated town, a post office, a census-designated place (CDP), and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The Conejos post office has the ZIP Code 81129. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Conejos CDP was 46. Conejos is the only unincorporated county seat in the State of Colorado.

Conejos CDP overview:
Name:	Conejos CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Conejos County
Founded:	1858
Elevation:	7,897 ft (2,407 m)
Total Area:	0.484 sq mi (1.254 km²)
Land Area:	0.484 sq mi (1.254 km²)
Water Area:	0.000 sq mi (0.000 km²)
Total Population:	46
Population Density:	95/sq mi (37/km²)
ZIP code:	81129
Area code:	719
FIPS code:	0816715

Online Interactive Map

Conejos online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Conejos location map. Where is Conejos CDP?

Conejos location on the U.S. Map. Where is Conejos CDP. — Conejos location on the U.S. Map.

Conejos location on the Colorado map. Where is Conejos CDP. — Location of Conejos in Colorado.

History

Conejos is a historic Hispanic settlement. Both the settlement and the county were initially named “Guadalupe”. A major historical and architectural feature of Conejos is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1858. The church was the first Roman Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico.

The Conejos post office has been in operation since 1862.

Conejos Road Map

Conejos city Satellite Map

Geography

Conejos is located in southeastern Conejos County in the San Luis Valley. It is bordered to the south by the town of Antonito. U.S. Route 285 forms the eastern edge of the community and leads north 28 miles (45 km) to Alamosa, Colorado, and south 31 miles (50 km) to Tres Piedras, New Mexico.

The Conejos CDP has an area of 310 acres (1.254 km), all land.