Huerfano County, Colorado

E102905
administrative territorial entity county

Huerfano County, Colorado is a rural county in southern Colorado known for its dramatic Spanish Peaks, historic coal-mining towns, and scenic landscapes along the eastern edge of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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Label Occurrences
Huerfano County, Colorado canonical 20
Huerfano County 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Alamosa County, Colorado ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado ⓘ
Custer County, Colorado ⓘ
Las Animas County, Colorado ⓘ
Pueblo County, Colorado ⓘ
Saguache County, Colorado ⓘ
characterizedAs rural county ⓘ
contains Cuchara, Colorado ⓘ
Cucharas River ⓘ
East Spanish Peak ⓘ
Farista, Colorado ⓘ
Gardner, Colorado ⓘ
Huerfano River ⓘ
La Veta, Colorado ⓘ
Lathrop State Park ⓘ
San Isabel National Forest (part) ⓘ
Spanish Peaks ⓘ
Spanish Peaks Wilderness area ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Peaks Wilderness (part)

West Spanish Peak ⓘ
historic coal-mining towns ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Walsenburg, Colorado ⓘ
hasFeature volcanic dikes near Spanish Peaks ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry agriculture ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
hasLandmark Spanish Peaks Scenic Byway ⓘ
surface form: Highway of Legends Scenic Byway

Spanish Peaks Scenic Byway ⓘ
knownFor Spanish Peaks ⓘ
historic coal mining ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
largestCity Walsenburg, Colorado ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
southern Colorado ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Great Plains margin ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains (western edge)

Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Southern Rocky Mountains (margin)
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnEasternSlopeOf Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Huerfano River ⓘ
Spanish word “huerfano” meaning “orphan” ⓘ
partOf Colorado ⓘ
surface form: State of Colorado
partOfRegion Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: High Plains

Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Sangre de Cristo foothills
seat Walsenburg, Colorado ⓘ
traversedBy Colorado State Highway 12 ⓘ
Interstate 25 ⓘ
U.S. Route 160 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Colorado → hasCounty → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
southeastern Colorado → includesCounty → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Colorado
Spanish Peaks → locatedIn → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Las Animas County, Colorado → borderedBy → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Otero County, Colorado → borders → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Custer County, Colorado → bordersCounty → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Wet Mountain Valley → locatedNear → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Walsenburg, Colorado → county → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Walsenburg, Colorado → isCountySeatOf → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Raton Basin → extendsInto → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Alamosa County, Colorado → borderedBy → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Wet Mountains → county → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huerfano County
Colorado State Highway 165 → region → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Lathrop State Park → locatedIn → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado → borders → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Saguache County, Colorado → borders → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Colorado State Highway 10 → passesThrough → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Medano Pass → locatedInCounty → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Gunnison National Forest → containsPartOf → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness → locatedIn → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ
Greenhorn Mountains → locatedIn → Huerfano County, Colorado ⓘ