Trinchera, Colorado

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Las Animas County, CO, USA}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Trinchera is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The Trinchera Post Office has the ZIP Code 81081.{{cite web | date = January 3, 2007 | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | title = ZIP Code Lookup| format = JavaScript/HTML | publisher = United States Postal Service | accessdate = January 3, 2007}}

A post office called Trinchera has been in operation since 1889.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=11 July 2016}} Trinchera is a name derived from Spanish meaning "trench".{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=55|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=49}}