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History · Romeo

Romeo’s post office opened in 1901

Most of Romeo was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1930.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Romeo began

When was Romeo founded?

1901

The Romeo post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 188 in 19302020 census: 302125 years
Founding year: the first Romeo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Romeo’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Romeo are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 404 in 1950; 302 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Romeo’s history is told.

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People over time

Romeo, census by census

010020030040019401960198020002020Peak: 404

Peaked at 404 in 1950; 302 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Romeo’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Romeo, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Romeo yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Romeo is a Statutory Town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census. A post office called Romeo was established in 1901. The community derives its name from the surname Romero.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 404 to 302 (-25%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Romeo, 1901 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Romeo post office opens
  3. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 404
  4. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Romeo, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church2023Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic ChurchRomeo, Colorado2012Romeo, Colorado
On the map

Romeo on the map, 1967 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Romeo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Romeo on the 1967 USGS mapRomeo on the 1982 USGS map1967Manassa sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Romeo.

Famous people

Famous people close to Romeo

Nobody well known was born in Romeo itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack DempseyAmerican boxer · b. 1895
Ken SalazarUnited States Ambassador to Mexico since 2021 · b. 1955
John SalazarAmerican politician · b. 1953
Michael JohnsonAmerican pop, country and folk singer-songwrite… · b. 1944
Garrey CarruthersAmerican politician · b. 1939
Grant JamesAmerican rower · b. 1987

Questions about Romeo’s history

What year was Romeo founded?

The Romeo post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.