Branson, CO

Branson is a statutory town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The 2020 census counted 57 residents. Branson is located approximately 35 miles east of Trinidad, Colorado, on State Highway 389, in the Great Plains, as well in the Raton Mesa region. A few hundred feet south of Branson, Chicora Mesa rises 800 ft above the village. In 2001, Branson's K-12 school, which draws students from up to 30 miles from the village, was down to forty-one students. Two teachers had been laid off. That mix gives Branson a clear local shape within Colorado, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Branson was first known as Wilson, or Wilson Switch; then as Coloflats. The Coloflats, Colorado, post office opened on August 19, 1915, and the name was changed to Branson on July 30, 1918.