Segundo, Colorado

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Las Animas County, CO, USA}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Segundo, Colorado |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Census-designated place |motto =  |image_skyline = Segundo, Colorado.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Colorado State Highway 12 as it passes through Segundo. |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Las Animas County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Segundo Highlighted 0868985.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of the Segundo CDP in {{nobreak|Las Animas County, Colorado.}} |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = USA |pushpin_label = Segundo |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location of the Segundo CDP in the {{nobreak|United States.}} |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Las Animas County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = unincorporated community |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1904  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name=CO_CDP_2020>{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 1.797 |area_land_km2 = 1.797 |area_water_km2 = 0.000 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Segundo_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0868985 |title=Segundo CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 14, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 100 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto  |timezone = MST |utc_offset = -7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = -6 |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |coordinates = {{coord|37|07|26|N|104|45|26|W|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Segundo CDP, Colorado|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 6605  |postal_code_type = ZIP Code<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/81082|title=Zip Code 81082 Map and Profile|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2020|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> |postal_code = Trinidad 81082 |area_code = 719 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2583292<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2583292}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Segundo''' is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Segundo CDP was 100 at the United States Census 2020.<ref name="Census 2020" /> The Trinidad post office (Zip Code 81082) serves the area.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

==History== Segundo was founded by Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) as a company town to house its workers for a local coal mine. The town was the second mining community developed by CF&I in 1904 behind Primero and was referenced in the town's name, with ''segundo'' meaning "second" in Spanish.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dawson |first=John Frank |title=Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities Were So Named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=52 |publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. |location=Denver, CO |page=46}}</ref> CF&I offered adequate housing for the time, and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA center, an elementary school, small businesses, and a company store. Segundo was a prosperous town until the 1920s, when the population began to decline due to constant health issues related to air pollution and outdated housing that lacked indoor plumbing. Declines in demand for metallurgical coke led to workers being laid off and, following a major fire in 1929, CF&I ceased their operations in Segundo. The town's population plummeted to the point that it almost became a ghost town.<ref>Glen D. Weaver and Ryan C. Graham, "Segundo, Colorado", ''New Mexico Historical Review'' (2008) 83#3 pp 323-351</ref>

==Geography== Segundo is located {{convert|14|mi}} west of Trinidad along Colorado State Highway 12 in the valley of the Purgatoire River.

The Segundo CDP has an area of {{convert|1.797|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name=CO_CDP_2020/>

==Demographics== The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nobreak|Segundo CDP}} for the {{nobreak|United States Census 2010.}} {{Historical populations |title = Segundo CDP, Colorado |type = US |align = left |source = United States Census Bureau |2010|98 |2020|100 }} {{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|Colorado}} *Las Animas County, Colorado

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==External links== *[https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/segundo/ Segundo @ UncoverColorado.com] *[http://www.sangres.com/colorado/lasanimas/segundo.htm Segundo @ Sangres.com] *[http://southerncolorado.info/city.php?id=58 Segundo @ SouthernColorado.info] *[https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/ Las Animas County website] {{Las Animas County, Colorado}}

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