Conejos, Colorado
Census-designated place in the United States in Conejos County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Conejos
Conejos (Spanish for "rabbits") 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. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Conejos CDP was 46. Conejos is the last unincorporated county seat in the State of Colorado.
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How Conejos is governed
Conejos appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Conejos County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Conejos does have local officials.
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Residents of Conejos
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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Police Chief
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Fire Chief
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Planning & Zoning Director
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 58 in 2010 to 46 in 2020 (−20.7%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 46 |
| 2010 | 58 |
History
Conejos was settled in 1858 in what was then Taos County, New Mexico Territory. A major historical and architectural feature of Conejos is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1858. The church was the first Roman Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from Taos, New Mexico.
The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861. On November 1, 1861, the Territorial Legislature created Guadaloupe County with the village of Guadalupe as the county seat. Six days later, the legislature changed the county name to Conejos County. Fearing flooding, the Conejos, Colorado Territory, post office opened on February 25, 1862, at a sight 3 feet (1 m) higher across the Conejos River. In 1863, Conejos County moved its county seat 0.6 miles (1.0 km) across the Conejos River to town of Conejos.
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