Official Name: | Town of Romeo, Colorado |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
Subdivision Name2: | Conejos County |
Government Type: | Statutory Town |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (town) |
Established Date2: | September 4, 1923[2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.60 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.60 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.23 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.23 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population Total: | 302 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 37.1719°N -105.9853°W |
Elevation Ft: | 7737 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[5] |
Postal Code: | 81148 |
Area Code: | 719 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 08-65740 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2412574 |
Romeo is a Statutory Town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census. A post office called Romeo was established in 1901.[6] The community derives its name from the surname Romero.[7]
Romeo is located in east-central Conejos County in the San Luis Valley region. U.S. Route 285 runs along the western border of the town, leading north to Alamosa and south to the New Mexico border and beyond. Colorado State Highway 142 is the town's Main Street, with its western terminus at U.S. 285 and leading east 3miles to Manassa and to San Luis.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2sqmi, all of it land.