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Sopris

Ghost town · Las Animas County, Colorado

Trinidad quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Trinidad quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sopris is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado. 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 Sopris as a historical populated place on the Trinidad West 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 37.1347° N, 104.5644° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Colorado before 1931 that mention “Sopris”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 950 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTrinidad West
Elevation6,194 ft
Nearest living townJansen, CO
Distance to it1.8 miles
GNIS feature ID194702
Coordinates37.13474, -104.56443

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What's there now

Sopris is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jansen, CO (population 94), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,194 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 Sopris?

Sopris is in Las Animas County, Colorado, at 37.1347, -104.5644.

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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