Madrid, Colorado
Encyclopedia
Madrid is a ghost town
in Las Animas County
, Colorado
, United States
. It is east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
at an elevation of 6590 feet (2,008.6 m). The town is the west side of the county along Colorado State Highway 12, fourteen miles (21 km) west of Trinidad
. Madrid is named for the family that settled there in the 19th century.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Las Animas County
Las Animas County, Colorado
Las Animas County has the largest area of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Las Animas County takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
at an elevation of 6590 feet (2,008.6 m). The town is the west side of the county along Colorado State Highway 12, fourteen miles (21 km) west of Trinidad
Trinidad, Colorado
The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States...
. Madrid is named for the family that settled there in the 19th century.