Welcome to Conejos ...

Conejos is located in Conejos County<1> and is the County Seat for Conejos County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Conejos, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

From Place Names in Colorado,<2> the origin of Conejos is described as "Named for the county."

Conejos is 7,900 feet [2,408 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Conejos is 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Conejos lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Conejos: 719

The ZIP code for Conejos: 81129<4>

Communities Also Named Conejos ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Conejos - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Conejos.

Communities near Conejos ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Conejos.

• Manassa
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manassa
  • Manassa is located in Conejos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manassa <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Manassa
  • From Conejos to Manassa
• Sanford
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanford have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
  • Sanford is located in Conejos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <5>
• La Jara
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Jara
  • La Jara is located in Conejos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Jara <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to La Jara
  • From Conejos to La Jara
• Romeo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romeo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Romeo is located in Conejos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romeo <5>
• Mogote
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
  • Mogote is located in Conejos County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mogote
  • From Conejos to Mogote
• Ortiz
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • Ortiz is located in Conejos County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ortiz
  • From Conejos to Ortiz
• Lava ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lava. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
  • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lava
  • From Conejos to Lava
• Bountiful
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
  • Bountiful is located in Conejos County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bountiful
  • From Conejos to Bountiful
• Sublette
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sublette
  • From Conejos to Sublette
• Capulin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
  • Capulin is located in Conejos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Capulin
  • From Conejos to Capulin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Conejos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Conejos.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Conejos. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Conejos.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Conejos. See our Newspapers Page for Conejos.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Conejos ...

Looking for more information about Conejos? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Conejos, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Conejos.

Adding Conejos to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Conejos in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Conejos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Conejos post office opened in 1862.

We also found Conejos in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Conejos.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Conejos. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/