page_title: Manassa, Colorado
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Manassa, Colorado / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Official portrait of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
context_page_description: The Town of Manassa is the Statutory Town that is the most populous municipality in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 991 at the 2010 United States Census.
  This small town is surrounded by farms and ranches, with a small amount of residential development on its outskirts. A mostly agricultural community, there are few businesses, like Val's Place restaurant, Standard Service gas station, Kaylees dance, The Ginger snip, and Destiny pewter in the town. A small-town feel abounds with no traffic control signals or stop lights.
  The U.S. Post Office ZIP code for Manassa is 81141, and the area code is 719.
context_section_description: Heavyweight champion boxer Jack Dempsey (aka The Manassa Mauler). The Jack Dempsey Museum is located on the town's main street.
  John Salazar, served as Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture from 2011 to 2015 and U.S. representative from Colorado's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2011
  Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, former U.S. senator, Democrat, first elected 2004 for a six-year term. Former Attorney General for the State of Colorado.
caption: Secretary of the U. S. Department of the Interior and former U. S. Senator Kenneth L. Salazar, D-Colorado
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