Matheson 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
Elbert County,
Colorado
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, United States. The CDP is a part of the
Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver regi ...
. The Matheson post office has the
ZIP Code 80830.
[ At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Matheson CDP was 79.]
History
The town was named after Duncan Matheson, the original owner of the town site.
Geography
The Matheson CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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defined the for the
In popular culture
The television series '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show'' is set in Matheson, Colorado. However, the series portrays Matheson as much larger, a hub of high-tech industry, and located somewhere in the mountains west of Denver
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
.
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
Matheson @ Colorado.com
Elbert County website
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Unincorporated communities in Elbert County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
Denver metropolitan area