“(P)ractically a ghost town,” Wikipedia says.
“Segundo is a small unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States, west of Trinidad.
“Segundo, Colorado, was a company town where the CF&I coal company housed its workers. It offered adequate housing and promoted upward mobility through its sponsorship of a YMCA Center, elementary school, and some small businesses, as well as a company store. However air pollution was a constant health threat; the houses lacked indoor plumbing. As demand for metallurgical coke declined, the mine laid off workers and Segundo's population declined. After a major fire in 1929, CF&I left town and Segundo became practically a ghost town.”
Wikipedia articles tend to over-dramatize.
“Segundo has a confusing history. Originally, Segundo was located a quarter mile from its present location but was totally abandoned. What is now called Segundo was once called Varros. Around 1933 the original town of Segundo was razed, some of the structures being moved to Varros, which then took on the Segundo name.”
http://www.coloradopast.com/index.php?category=ghosttowns&subcategory=southcentral&selection=Segundo
At http://www.bestplaces.net/city/colorado/segundo there are figures and data you know have to be in the neighborhood of untrue. Median home cost in “practically a ghost town” is $207,600?
Population is 96.
http://colorado.hometownlocator.com/co/las-animas/segundo.cfm
A bunch more numbers: http://www.city-data.com/city/Segundo-Colorado.html
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