Conejos, Colorado

Conejos is an unincorporated town, a post office, a census-designated place (CDP), and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado, United States.

[4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Conejos CDP was 46.

[5] A major historical and architectural feature of Conejos is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1858.

[5] The church was the first Roman Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico.

U.S. Route 285 forms the eastern edge of the community and leads north 28 miles (45 km) to Alamosa, Colorado, and south 31 miles (50 km) to Tres Piedras, New Mexico.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Conejos.
Map of Colorado highlighting Conejos County