Conejos

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 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 higher across the Conejos River. In 1863, Conejos County moved its county seat across the Conejos River to town of Conejos.

Geography

Conejos is located in southeastern Conejos County in the San Luis Valley. It is bordered to the south by the town of Antonito. U.S. Route 285 forms the eastern edge of the community and leads north to Alamosa, Colorado, and south to Tres Piedras, New Mexico. At the 2020 United States Census, the Conejos CDP had an area of , all land.

Most-observed species

• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  258
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  242
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  213
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  165
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  158
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  158
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  147
• Western Wood-Pewee

  Contopus sordidulus P.L.Sclater, 1859 · Aves
  139

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-08-06
  15 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
• M 3.5 — 2026-07-05
  17 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
• M 2.5 — 2026-07-05
  26 km WSW of Los Ojos, New Mexico
• M 2.8 — 2026-07-02
  14 km S of Stonewall Gap, Colorado
• M 3.1 — 2026-06-25
  18 km SSW of Weston, Colorado
• M 2.9 — 2026-06-20
  16 km SSE of Stonewall Gap, Colorado