Segundo, Colorado

State Highway 12 as it passes through Segundo

Segundo is a small unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States,^[1] west of Trinidad.

Segundo, Colorado, was a company town where the CF&I coal company housed its workers. It offered adequate housing and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA Center, elementary school, and some small businesses, as well as a company store. However air pollution was a constant health threat; the houses lacked indoor plumbing. As demand for metallurgical coke declined, the mine laid off workers and Segundo's population declined. After a major fire in 1929, CF&I left town and Segundo became practically a ghost town.^[2]

See also

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
    • Colorado census designated places
  • Colorado counties
    • Las Animas County, Colorado

References

Municipalities and communities of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States County seat: Trinidad City Trinidad Towns Aguilar Branson Cokedale Kim Starkville CDPs El Moro Hoehne Jansen Lynn Segundo Stonewall Gap Valdez Weston Unincorporated communities Boncarbo Delhi Model Thatcher Trinchera Tyrone Villegreen Ghost towns Brodhead Ludlow Madrid Sopris

Coordinates: 37°07′31″N 104°45′20″W / 37.12528°N 104.75556°W / 37.12528; -104.75556