| Messex, Colorado | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Colorado |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Colorado |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Washington County |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4292°N -103.4364°W |
| Elevation M: | 1246 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4088 |
Messex, Colorado is a virtual ghost town in Washington County, Colorado. Its population in the 2010 census was 2, but has been several hundred in the past. Settled in the 1860s as a "Wild West" town, it became for a time a place where German immigrants grew sugar beets. In the 1990s, the population was about a dozen people, but it had declined to just 2 people by 2010.[1]
The community was named for Joe Messex, a railroad official.[2]