| Official Name: | Madrid, Colorado |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Madrid |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Las Animas[1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Elevation M: | 1916 |
| Elevation Ft: | 6286 |
| Coordinates: | 37.1275°N -104.6414°W |
| Postal Code: | 81082 |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 194645[5] |
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 6590feet. The town is the west side of the county along State Highway 12, 14miles west of Trinidad. Madrid is named for Hilario Madrid, who settled there in the 19th century from New Mexico, not after Spain's capital.[6] Originally called Madrid Plaza, it was established as a settler's post in 1864. Hilario and his brother Juan Madrid homesteaded there in September 1879.[7] There was a Post Office in the town from 1882 to 1917.[8]
