Las Animas County, Colorado

Las Animas County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555.[2] The county seat is Trinidad.[3] The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en el Purgatorio, which means “River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory.\

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,775 square miles (12,370 km2), of which 4,773 square miles (12,360 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) (0.06%) is water.[5] It is the largest county by area in Colorado.