Madrid, Colorado
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| Madrid, Colorado | |
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| — Ghost town — | |
 Madrid, Colorado
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| Coordinates: 37°07′39″N 104°38′29″W / 37.12750°N 104.64139°WCoordinates: 37°07′39″N 104°38′29″W / 37.12750°N 104.64139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Las Animas [1][2] |
| Elevation | 6,286 ft (1,916 m) |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
| GNIS feature ID | 194645[3] |
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 6,590 feet (2,010 m). The town is the west side of the county along Colorado State Highway 12, fourteen miles (21 km) west of Trinidad. Madrid is named for the family that settled there in the 19th century.[citation needed] Originally called Madrid Plaza, it was established as a settler's post in 1864. There was a Post Office in the town from 1882 to 1917.[4]
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