Norrie (also known as the Norrie Colony) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by

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. The population of the Norrie CDP was 7 at the United States Census 2020. The Meredith

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serves the area. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Norrie was originally settled in the late 1880s. It began as a camp for railroad workers building the

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route along the

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. The workers harvested trees used in the railroad construction, and they made ice in the local ponds, ice used in the railroad's refrigerator cars. Now, many privately-owned summer cabins line the community's quiet streets.

Geography

The Norrie CDP has an area of , all land.

Climate

The weather station at Nast Lake is 3 miles (4.83 km) south-east of Norrie, at an elevation of 8,700 feet (2,652 m).

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

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