List of populated places in Colorado by county: M–Z
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The 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. |
This is a list of more than 3,800 current or formerly inhabited places in the U.S. State of Colorado sorted by county,[a][2] including:
- 273 municipalities from the List of municipalities in Colorado[3][4][1][2]
- 210 census-designated places from the List of census-designated places in Colorado[5]
- 9 military bases from the List of military installations in Colorado[1][2]
- 2 Native American reservations from the List of Native American reservations in Colorado[1][2]
and current and extinct populated places found in:
- Geographic Names Information System[a]
- List of county seats in Colorado[6][7][1][2]
- List of forts in Colorado[1][2]
- List of ghost towns in Colorado[1][2]
- List of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado[8][1][2]
- List of post offices in Colorado[9][10][1][2]
† | County seat |
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‡ | State capital |
Select a Colorado county:
Adams • Alamosa • Arapahoe • Archuleta • Baca • Bent • Boulder • Broomfield • Chaffee • Cheyenne • Clear Creek • Conejos • Costilla • Crowley • Custer • Delta • Denver • Dolores • Douglas • Eagle • El Paso • Elbert • Fremont • Garfield • Gilpin • Grand • Gunnison • Hinsdale • Huerfano • Jackson • Jefferson • Kiowa • Kit Carson • La Plata • Lake • Larimer • Las Animas • Lincoln • Logan • Mesa • Mineral • Moffat • Montezuma • Montrose • Morgan • Otero • Ouray • Park • Phillips • Pitkin • Prowers • Pueblo • Rio Blanco • Rio Grande • Routt • Saguache • San Juan • San Miguel • Sedgwick • Summit • Teller • Washington • Weld • Yuma |
Mesa County
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Mineral County
Moffat County
Montezuma County
Montrose County
Morgan County
Otero County
Ouray County
Park County
Phillips County
Place | Type | ZIP code | Coordinates |
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Amherst | census-designated place | 80721 | 40°40′59″N 102°10′21″W / 40.68306°N 102.17250°W |
Emerson | former post office | NA | NA |
Haxtum | see Haxtun | ||
Haxtun | statutory town | 80731 | 40°38′28″N 102°37′37″W / 40.64111°N 102.62694°W |
Holyoke[o] | home rule city | 80734 | 40°35′04″N 102°18′09″W / 40.58444°N 102.30250°W |
Paoli | statutory town | 80746 | 40°36′44″N 102°28′22″W / 40.61222°N 102.47278°W |
Starr | former post office | NA | NA |
Wakeman | former post office | NA | NA |
Pitkin County
Prowers County
Pueblo County
Rio Blanco County
Rio Grande County
Routt County
Saguache County
San Juan County
San Miguel County
Sedgwick County
Place | Type | ZIP code | Coordinates |
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Camp Rankin | see Fort Sedgwick | ||
Denver Junction | see Julesburg | ||
Flora | former post office | NA | NA |
Fort Julesburg[11] | historic trading post | 80744 | 40°56′35″N 102°21′30″W / 40.94306°N 102.35833°W |
Fort Ranking | see Fort Sedgwick | ||
Fort Sedgwick[11] | historic U.S. Army fort | 80744 | 40°56′35″N 102°22′50″W / 40.94306°N 102.38056°W |
Henderson | see Sedgwick | ||
Julesburg (1860) | former post office | 80737 | NA |
Julesburg (1864) | former post office | 80737 | NA |
Julesburg[af] | statutory town | 80737 | 40°59′18″N 102°15′52″W / 40.98833°N 102.26444°W |
Old Julesburg | see Fort Julesburg | ||
Ovid | statutory town | 80744 | 40°57′38″N 102°23′17″W / 40.96056°N 102.38806°W |
Post at Julesburg | see Fort Sedgwick | ||
Sedgwick | statutory town | 80749 | 40°56′11″N 102°31′32″W / 40.93639°N 102.52556°W |
Weir | see Julesburg |
Summit County
Teller County
Washington County
Weld County
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Yuma County
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Adams • Alamosa • Arapahoe • Archuleta • Baca • Bent • Boulder • Broomfield • Chaffee • Cheyenne • Clear Creek • Conejos • Costilla • Crowley • Custer • Delta • Denver • Dolores • Douglas • Eagle • El Paso • Elbert • Fremont • Garfield • Gilpin • Grand • Gunnison • Hinsdale • Huerfano • Jackson • Jefferson • Kiowa • Kit Carson • La Plata • Lake • Larimer • Las Animas • Lincoln • Logan • Mesa • Mineral • Moffat • Montezuma • Montrose • Morgan • Otero • Ouray • Park • Phillips • Pitkin • Prowers • Pueblo • Rio Blanco • Rio Grande • Routt • Saguache • San Juan • San Miguel • Sedgwick • Summit • Teller • Washington • Weld • Yuma |
See also
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
Notes
- ^ a b This list includes 1913 Colorado places selectively downloaded from the Geographic Names Information System on October 15, 2023.[1]
- ^ a b On May 26, 1882, Ute changed its name to Grand Junction.[9] Grand Junction has been the seat of Mesa County, Colorado since the county was created on February 11, 1883.
- ^ The Town of Creede is the Mineral County seat.
- ^ Wason was the original seat of Mineral County.
- ^ The City of Craig is the Moffat County seat.
- ^ The City of Cortez is the Montezuma County seat.
- ^ McPhee is now submerged in McPhee Reservoir.
- ^ Towaoc is the headquarters of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
- ^ The City of Montrose is the Montrose County seat.
- ^ The City of Fort Morgan is the Morgan County seat.
- ^ The City of La Junta is the Otero County seat.
- ^ The City of Ouray is the Ouray County seat.
- ^ The Town of Fairplay is the Park County seat.
- ^ Tarryall City was the original seat of Park County, Jefferson Territory and then Park County, Colorado Territory.
- ^ The City of Holyoke is the Phillips County seat.
- ^ The City of Aspen is the Pitkin County seat.
- ^ The Town of Basalt lies in the counties of Eagle and Pitkin.
- ^ The City of Lamar is the Prowers County seat.
- ^ Autobees Plaza was the original seat of Huerfano County, Colorado Territory, although it now lies in Pueblo County.
- ^ a b The Beulah post office serves Beulah Valley.
- ^ The City of Pueblo is the Pueblo County seat.
- ^ Pueblo was the seat of Fountain County, Jefferson Territory and then Pueblo County, Colorado Territory.
- ^ The Town of Meeker is the Rio Blanco County seat.
- ^ a b The Town of Center lies in the counties of Rio Grande and Saguache.
- ^ The Town of Del Norte is the Rio Grande County seat.
- ^ The Parma community lies in the counties of Alamosa and Rio Grande.
- ^ The City of Steamboat Springs is the Routt County seat.
- ^ The Town of Saguache is the Saguache County seat.
- ^ The name "Saguache" is pronounced /səˈwætʃ/. This name comes from the Ute language noun "sawup" /səˈwʌp/ meaning "sand dunes". The Spanish language version of this name is usually spelled "Saguache", while the English language version is usually spelled "Sawatch".
- ^ The Town of Silverton is the San Juan County seat.
- ^ The Town of Telluride is the San Miguel County seat.
- ^ The Town of Julesburg (1886) is the Sedgwick County seat.
- ^ The Town of Breckenridge is the Summit County seat.
- ^ a b Breckenridge was founded in 1859 and named for prospector Thomas Breckenridge. In 1860, the town changed the spelling of its name to Breckinridge in honor of U.S. Vice President John Cabell Breckinridge. When John Breckinridge accepted a commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army in 1861, the town promptly changed its name back to the original Breckenridge.
- ^ Breckinridge was the seat of Saratoga County, Jefferson Territory.
- ^ Parkville was the original seat of Summit County, Colorado Territory.
- ^ The City of Cripple Creek is the Teller County seat.
- ^ The Town of Green Mountain Falls lies in the counties of El Paso and Teller.
- ^ The Town of Akron is the Washington County seat.
- ^ Last Chance was so named because it was once the last chance to buy gasoline before reaching, or after leaving, Denver.
- ^ a b On November 25, 1863, Cherokee City changed its name to Latham.[9] Latham served as the seat of Weld County, Colorado Territory from 1868 until 1870.
- ^ Evans served as the seat of Weld County, Colorado Territory from 1870 until 1874 and again from 1875 until statehood on August 1, 1876, when it became the seat of Weld County, Colorado until the following year.
- ^ Greeley served as the seat of Weld County, Colorado Territory from 1874 until 1875. Greeley has served as the seat of Weld County, Colorado since 1877.
- ^ The La Salle post office serves the Town of LaSalle.
- ^ The Town of La Salle changed the spelling of its name to LaSalle, although the State of Colorado, the United States Postal Service, and the United States Census Bureau continue to use the original spelling.
- ^ On November 28, 1859, the Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson created 12 counties, with Saint Vrain as the seat of St. Vrain County, Jefferson Territory.[6] On November 1, 1861, the new Territory of Colorado created 17 original counties, with Saint Vrain as the original seat of Weld County, Colorado Territory, serving until 1868.
- ^ Wray has served as the seat of Yuma County, Colorado since 1902.
- ^ Yuma served as the original seat of Yuma County, Colorado from the creation of the county on March 15, 1889, until 1902.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Geographic Names Information System query". United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Elliott, Donald R.; Elliott, Doris L. Salmen (1999). "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "State of Colorado Incorporated Places - Current/TAB20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. January 1, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. January 1, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ a b "An Act Defining the Boundaries of Counties and for other purposes". Provisional Laws and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of Jefferson Territory. General Assembly of the Territory of Jefferson. November 28, 1859.
- ^ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
- ^ "Colorado Post Offices". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c Scott, Glenn R. (1989). "Historic trail maps of the Sterling 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, northeastern Colorado". United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/i1894. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Scott, Glenn R. (1995). "Historic trail map of the Lamar 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Colorado and Kansas". United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/i2469. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Scott, Glenn R. (1975). "Historic trail map of the Pueblo 1 degree x 2 degrees Quadrangle, Colorado". United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/i930. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Merkl, Dameon (February 26, 2013), "What's in a Colorado name pronunciation?", The Denver Post, retrieved March 7, 2013
- ^ a b c d e Scott, Glenn R.; Shwayder, Carol Rein (1993). "Historic trail map of the Greeley 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Colorado and Wyoming". United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/i2326. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
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