El Moro, CO

El Moro is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The 2020 census counted 216 residents. The El Moro, Colorado Territory, post office operated from April 17, 1876, until January 1896 The Trinidad, Colorado, post office now serves the area. El Moro is a name derived from Spanish meaning "the Moor ". In El Moro, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in El Moro, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. El Moro is in west-central Las Animas County, bordering the northeast side of Trinidad, the county seat. El Moro includes the Purgatoire River.