Catherine is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in and governed by
Garfield County,
Colorado
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, United States. The CDP is a part of the
Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
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Places Canada
* Glenwood, Alberta (village)
* Glenwood, Alberta (former hamlet)
* Glenwood, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta
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* Glenwood, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada
...
. The population of the Catherine CDP was 235 at the
United States Census 2020
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.
The
Glenwood Springs post office
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(
Zip Code 81602) serves the area.
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Geography
The CDP is located in the southeast corner of Garfield County, in the valley of the Roaring Fork River
Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in west central Colorado in the United States. The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or ...
. Colorado State Highway 82
State Highway 82 (SH 82) is an state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. Its western half provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, beginning at Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Hi ...
forms the northern edge of the CDP; it leads northwest to Glenwood Springs, the Garfield County seat, and southeast to Aspen
Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the '' Populus'' genus.
Species
These species are called aspens:
*'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (Chin ...
. Catherine is bordered to the west by Mulford and to the east by El Jebel in Eagle County. The town of Carbondale is to the west.
The Catherine CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
See also
* List of census-designated places in Colorado
The U.S. has 210 census-designated places. The United States Census Bureau defines certain unincorporated communities as census-designated places (CDPs) for enumeration in each decennial census. The Census Bureau defined 187 CDPs in Colorado ...
References
External links
Garfield County website
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Census-designated places in Garfield County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado