2011 Map of Villegreen

About this map

Villegreen occupies a high-plains landscape in Las Animas County, defined by a sparse network of county roads that crisscross the southeastern Colorado ranching country. The map captures the subtle but distinctive geography of the region, including the depression of Seven D Pocket and the descent into Poitrey Canyon. Seasonal drainage systems like Plum Creek and Poitrey Creek snake across the quadrangle, illustrating the importance of water flow in this arid environment. The layout of rural routes such as County Rd-179 and County Rd-44 suggests a long-standing pattern of land division and remote habitation, where the vast distances between homesteads and the settlement at Villegreen are bridged by a strictly grid-based road system typical of the Western plains.