Hoehne, CO

Hoehne is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The 2020 census counted 80 residents. Hoehne was founded by German immigrant William Hoehne in 1859 in what was then the Territory of New Mexico. He is credited with founding the Hoehne Ditch Company and introducing the first mill and threshing machine into the area. A newcomer can read Hoehne through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Hoehne comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Hoehne is located in west-central Las Animas County on high ground north of the Purgatoire River. Hoehne is 11 miles northeast of Trinidad, the county seat.