Kim, Colorado

US 160 through Kim, Colorado, looking east

Kim was probably quite the town back in the days before the Dust Bowl. There was once a small business district a couple of blocks off the US 160 but not any more. Today it looks like most of what goes on in Kim centers around the highway equipment depots, the schools and the one gas station/garage. I've heard that most of the farmers and ranchers do their shopping in La Junta, because it's closer than either Trinidad or Springfield.

As usual, I took photos of whatever grabbed me in the moment. Kim is on that line where the flatness of the plains starts to give way to the canyons and arroyos of more arid country. West of here, things aren't quite as green and the road isn't as straight and flat as it is east of here. But it's still about 60 miles to Trinidad.

At the corner of Cascade and Main

Eclectic stone architecture

Kim Schools

Probably formerly Kim Schools

The playground at the school

An old warehouse/barn on the south edge of town

Las Animas County Roads & Bridges Office in Kim

Fast Facts about Kim, Colorado:
Kim, Las Animas County, Colorado 81049 Incorporated: 1974 Elevation: 5,690' Latitude: 37.2461 Longitude: -103.3536 Resident Racial Breakdown: White Non-Hispanic: 84.6% Hispanic: 15.4% Two or More Races: 1.5% Education: High School or Higher: 87.9% Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 21.2% Graduate or Professional Degree: 7.6%	2007 Estimates: Population: 66 Males: 36 Females: 30 Median Resident Age: 43.5 years Estimated Median Household Income: $35,338 Estimated Median Home Value: $36,486 Population Density: 215 People per Square Mile Cost of Living Index for Kim: 71.7 Major Industries: Agriculture, Educational Services, Health Care, Transportation Services Unemployed: 0.0%

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