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Delagua

Ghost town · Las Animas County, Colorado

Delagua quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Delagua quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Delagua is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, recorded as human settlement in Colorado, United States of America. It is one of 15 former communities in Las Animas County on the federal names register. No county in Colorado has more among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Delagua as a historical populated place on the Delagua topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.3400° N, 104.6630° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Colorado before 1931 that mention “Delagua”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 466 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDelagua
Elevation6,685 ft
Nearest living townAguilar, CO
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID194549
Coordinates37.34002, -104.66304

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What's there now

Delagua is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Aguilar, CO (population 442), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,685 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Delagua?

Delagua is in Las Animas County, Colorado, at 37.3400, -104.6630.

How many ghost towns are in Las Animas County?

Las Animas County, Colorado has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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