Rico’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Rico. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRico is a town in eastern Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. The population was 288 at the 2020 census. Its current form of government is that of a home rule municipality. Rico is a name derived from Spanish meaning "rich".
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 265 to 288 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1981.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rico yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Rico’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rico’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's-eye view of Rico from Pied…, c. 1870: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Rico
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Rico, decade by decade
3 historic places in Rico
3 places in Rico are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bird's-eye view of Rico from Piedmont (c. 1870) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.