Rico, Colorado

About Rico

Set in the southwestern part of Colorado, Rico is a tiny community, home to 336 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Rico holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.68 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 494 residents per square mile.

📰 Rico News Today

• Erin Janine Johnson Durango Herald · Oct 2
• Michael Jon Nordstrum Obituary (2026) - Rico, Colorado, CO - Ertel Funeral Home Legacy | Obituary · Oct 3
• Rico, CO Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 18
• CDOT to perform winter maintenance operations on CO 145 between Rico and Telluride Colorado Department of Transportation (.gov) · Feb 19
• Rico Munn named sole finalist for CSU System chancellor Colorado State University News · Feb 6

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Colorado headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Rico Unique

• The only place in America named Rico — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southwestern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 21 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Rico

• Backside Bistro
• Enterprise Bar & Grill
• Powderhourse
• Rico Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Rico Hotel
• The Prospector

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Rico

• Hermosa Creek Special Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hermosa Creek Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Louis M Jones Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Rico

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