Drop City
Drop City was a counterculture artists' community that formed near the town of Trinidad in southern Colorado in 1960. Abandoned by 1979, Drop City became known as the first rural "hippie commune".Photo: Richertc, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Moro and Trinidad.
El Moro
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
El Moro is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population of the El Moro CDP was 216 at the United States Census 2020.
Trinidad
Photo: Ori.livneh, Public domain.
Trinidad is a city in Colorado. Formerly home of the famous Prairie Land and Cattle Company, it was one of the towns where travelers raised hell in the Old West.
Jansen
Hamlet
Jansen is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Jansen CDP was 101 at the United States Census 2020. Jansen is situated 6 miles southwest of Drop City.
Drop City
- Type: Locality
- Description: intentional community in Colorado, USA
- Categories: intentional community, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Las Animas, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.22308° or 37° 13′ 23″ northLongitude
-104.48988° or 104° 29′ 24″ westInception
1960Open location code
859Q6GF6+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 11699856920OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=noWikidata ID
Q5308391
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Sardinian—“Drop City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “落城”
- Esperanto: “Drop City”
- French: “Drop City”
- Japanese: “ドロップシティー”
- Sardinian: “Drop City”
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