Branson is a statutory town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.

[5] Branson is the southernmost town in the State of Colorado, located just 0.3 miles (0.48 km) from the New Mexico border.

The Coloflats, Colorado, post office opened on August 19, 1915, and the name was changed to Branson on July 30, 1918.

[4] Branson is located north of a break in the mesas which separate Southeast Colorado from Northeast New Mexico, the route of a minor branch of the Santa Fe Trail.

After the drought and Dust Bowl of the 1930s population decreased rapidly as the economy turned from farming to ranching.

[8] At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 157 acres (0.634 km2), all of it land.