Local Wiki
Las Animas County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Regular session twice monthly, 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Las Animas County Courthouse, Trinidad, CO (room unconfirmed).
- Clerk and Recorder
- 719-846-3314 · CountyClerk@lasanimascounty.org
- Agendas posted at
- Posted via the county site / republished by KRTN Enchanted Air Radio.
- Board of County Commissioners
- Felix M. Lopez (District #1, Chairman), Robert A. Lucero (District #2), Tony C. Hass (District #3) — Las Animas County Courthouse, 200 E. 1st Street, Trinidad, CO 81082 (room number genuinely conflicting across sources, left unconfirmed) — 719-845-2593. Lower confidence: the county's .colorado.gov pages blocked direct fetch, sourced via indexed snippets and local radio coverage.
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.
Cities (1)
- Trinidad
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
Towns (5)
- Aguilar
- Branson
- Cokedale
- Kim
- Starkville
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (6)
- Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6
- Branson Reorganized School District No. 82
- Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3
- Kim Reorganized School District No. 88
- Primero Reorganized School District No. 2
- Trinidad School District 1 in the County of Las Animas and
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Hospital districts (1)
- Las Animas County Health Service District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Hospital Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Emergency services districts (4)
- Fishers Peak Fire Protection District
- Hoehne Fire Protection District
- Spanish Peaks and Bon Carbo Fire Protection District
- Stonewall Fire Protection District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- Pinon Water & Sanitation District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Water and Sanitation Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries