Conejos, Colorado should not be confused with Conejos County, Colorado.
| Conejos, Colorado | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Designated Place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Conejos |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Conejos CDP in the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Conejos County |
| Government Type: | unincorporated town |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1858 |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.254 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.254 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 46 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 37.0872°N -106.0161°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 7897 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
| Postal Code: | 81129 |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature |
| Blank Info: | 2631317 |
Conejos is an unincorporated town, a post office, a census-designated place (CDP), and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The Conejos post office has the ZIP Code 81129.[3] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Conejos CDP was 46. Conejos is the only unincorporated county seat in the State of Colorado.
Conejos is a historic Hispanic settlement. Both the settlement and the county were initially named "Guadalupe".[4] A major historical and architectural feature of Conejos is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1858.[4] The church was the first Roman Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico.[5]
The Conejos post office has been in operation since 1862.[6] [7]
Conejos is located in southeastern Conejos County in the San Luis Valley. It is bordered to the south by the town of Antonito. U.S. Route 285 forms the eastern edge of the community and leads north to Alamosa, Colorado, and south to Tres Piedras, New Mexico.
The Conejos CDP has an area of 1.254km2, all land.[1]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the