Town of Cokedale is a Statutory Town located in Las Animas County , Colorado , United States . The town population was 129 at the 2010 United States Census . Cokedale is a former coal mining town . The mine shut down in 1947 . The town was 5 miles away from the epicenter of a 5.3 earthquake on August 23 , 2011
5.3 earthquake on August 23 , 2011
2011 Colorado earthquake
Cokedale, Colorado