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> United States > Colorado > CO Counties > Las Animas
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| Website | https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/ |
| Established | February 09, 1866 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | BrentinCO October 28, 2022 09:07pm |
| Description | Las Animas County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The county seat is Trinidad. 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." |
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November 15, 2001 -
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April 16, 1889 -
January 01, 2002
LAS ANIMAS lost to creation of BACA.
(Colo. Laws 1889, 7th sess., S.B. 37, pp. 26-28)
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February 11, 1870 -
April 16, 1889
LAS ANIMAS lost to creation of BENT.
(Colo. Terr. Laws 1870, 8th sess., sec. 3/pp. 16-17)
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January 09, 1868 -
February 11, 1870
LAS ANIMAS exchanged with HUERFANO, lost small area to COSTILLA.
(Colo. Terr. Laws 1867, 7th sess., ch. 20, p. 164)
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February 09, 1866 -
January 09, 1868
LAS ANIMAS created by Colorado Territory from HUERFANO.
(Colo. Terr. Laws 1866, 5th sess., pp. 49-50)
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