Local Wiki
Bent County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month.
- Meeting location
- Commissioner Meeting Room, basement level, Bent County Courthouse, 725 Bent Ave, Las Animas, CO.
- Clerk and Recorder
- 719-456-2009 · None listed on website
- Agendas posted at
- Not found — no dedicated digital agenda center, minutes/video posted via bentcounty.net.
- Board of County Commissioners
- Jennifer Scofield (District 1), Alan Stump (District 2, Chairman), Phil Hemphill (District 3, Vice Chairman) — Bent County Courthouse, 725 Bent Ave, Las Animas, CO 81054 — (719) 456-1600 — jscofield@bentcounty.gov.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Las Animas School District No. Re-1 · School District
- Mcclave School District No. Re-2 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Hasty-McClave Fire Protection District · Emergency Services District
- Las Animas-Bent County Fire Protection District · Emergency Services District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026