Country United States County Washington County Elevation 1,246 m Local time Sunday 12:34 PM | State State of Colorado Time zone MST (UTC-7) Population 2 (2010) | |
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Weather 27°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 11% Humidity | ||
Messex, Colorado is a virtual ghost town in Washington County, Colorado. Its population in the 2010 census was 2, but has been several hundred in the past. Settled in the 1860s as a "Wild West" town, it became for a time a place where German immigrants grew sugar beets. In the 1990s, the population was about a dozen people, but it had declined to just 2 people by 2010.
Map of Messex, Colorado 80741, USA
The community was named for Joe Messes, a railroad official.
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