Model is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The Model Post Office has the ZIP Code 81059 and has been in operation since 1912. The community originally was a planned, or "model" community, hence the name.Model is located at 37�22?22?N 104�14?43?W? / ?37.37278�N 104.24528�W? / 37.37278; -104.24528.