Colorado City 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 counte ...
(CDP) and
post office
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in and governed by
Pueblo County,
Colorado
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, United States. The CDP is a part of the
Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Colorado City post office has the
ZIP Code 81019 (
post office box
A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.
In some regions, particularly in Africa, there is no door-to-door delivery ...
es).
[ At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Colorado City CDP was 2,237.] The Colorado City Metropolitan District provides services.
Geography
Colorado City is located in the Greenhorn Valley.
The Colorado City CDP has an area of , including of water.[
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History
The first settlement at the site of Colorado City was called Greenhorn after the name of an 18th century Comanche
The Comanche (), or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (, 'the people'), are a Tribe (Native American), Native American tribe from the Great Plains, Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the List of federally recognized tri ...
chief (Cuerno Verde
Cuerno Verde (died September 3, 1779) is the Spanish name for Green Horn
aka Tavibo Naritgant, a Chief of the Comanche, likely of the Kotsoteka Comanche, in the late 18th century.
Life
Cuerno Verde ("Green Horn" in English), is the Spanish name ...
in Spanish). In 1845, mountain man
A mountain man is an Geographical exploration, explorer who lives in the wilderness and makes his living from hunting, fishing and trapping. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s ...
John Brown, his wife Luisa Sandoval, and several children established a trading post
A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded.
Typically a trading post allows people from one geogr ...
where the Trapper's Trail to Taos, New Mexico
Taos () is a town in Taos County, New Mexico, Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Santa Fe ...
crossed Greenhorn Creek. Brown and his family left Greenhorn for California in 1849. In 1853, Lt. Edward Griffin Beckwith, an army officer, said of Greenhorn, "six New Mexican families had built an irrigation system to divert the water from Greenhorn Creek to water their crops of corn, wheat, beans and watermelon. Their homes were built of adobe which stood shoulder to shoulder and were surrounded by a close fence of high pickets. They also had corrals for the safe keeping of their stock."
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
Government
Colorado City is a metropolitan district, a type of special district established under Colorado law. It is governed by an elected, five-member board of directors and managed by an appointed district manager.
The metropolitan district operates Lake Beckwith, which provides recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. The lake also forms the Lake Beckwith State Wildlife Area, one of several hundred state wildlife areas in Colorado managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Colorado City also has a public golf course and club house.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Colorado City is part of Colorado's Bustang
Bustang is an intercity bus service in the U.S. state of Colorado. Service began in 2015 and originally traveled between Denver and Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Glenwood Springs. Service has since been expanded to connect Grand Junction ...
network. It is on the Trinidad-Pueblo Outrider line.
Education
Colorado City is within the Pueblo County School District. The community is home to Craver Middle School. Rye Elementary School and Rye High School in the neighboring town of Rye
Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than o ...
serve the students of Colorado City.
See also
* List of census-designated places in Colorado
The United States, U.S. has 210 census-designated places. The United States Census Bureau defines certain Unincorporated area, unincorporated communities as census-designated places (CDPs) for enumeration in each United States census, decennial ...
References
External links
Colorado City @ Colorado.com
Colorado City @ UncoverColorado.com
Colorado City Metropolitan District website
Colorado City Parks and Recreation District website
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Census-designated places in Pueblo County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado