Tercio
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.052, -104.997
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: Tercio is a ghost town and former coal mine in Las Animas County, in the U.
History
Tercio is a ghost town and former coal mine in Las Animas County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Tercio was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1949. The community was the third coal mining community established by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, hence the name.