El Moro, Colorado

About El Moro

El Moro, CO is a small unincorporated community located in southern Colorado.

El Moro holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 11.09 square miles.

📰 El Moro News Today

• I-25 rest area near Colorado City to temporarily close in October for improvements KOAA News 5 · Oct 1
• Leroy Jose Gallegos Obituary (2025) - La Junta, CO - Johnson-Romero Family Funeral Home - La Junta Legacy obituary · Nov 19
• El Moro, CO Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 29
• Back-to-back earthquakes shake Southern Colorado The Mercury News · Jun 20
• The Baca-Picketwire Ditch ArcGIS StoryMaps · Aug 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes El Moro Unique

• The only place in America named El Moro — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of El Moro

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