Blende, Colorado | |
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Looking east along Santa Fe Drive in Blende. | |
![]() Location of the Blende CDP in Pueblo County, Colorado. | |
Coordinates: 38°14′45″N104°34′07″W / 38.2458°N 104.5686°W [1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Pueblo [2] |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated community |
• Body | Pueblo County [2] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.839 sq mi (2.172 km2) |
• Land | 0.839 sq mi (2.172 km2) |
• Water | 0.0002 sq mi (0.0004 km2) |
Elevation | 4,738 ft (1,444 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 788 |
• Density | 940/sq mi (360/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP Code [5] | Pueblo 81006 |
Area code | 719 |
GNIS pop ID | 193790 |
GNIS CDP ID | 2583212 |
FIPS code | 08-07245 |
Blende is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Blende CDP was 788 at the United States Census 2020. [4] Blende has never had a post office, [6] but the Pueblo post office (Zip Code 81006) serves the area. [5]
At the 2020 United States Census, the Blende CDP had an area of 537 acres (2.172 km2), including 0.01 acre (0.0004 km2) of water. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2010 | 878 | — |
2020 | 788 | −10.3% |
Source: United States Census Bureau |
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Blende CDP for the United States Census 2010.
The majority of the CDP is in the Pueblo County School District 70 while a piece is in Pueblo School District 60. [7]
In regards to the portions in District 70, North Mesa and South Mesa elementary schools take portions of Blende CDP. [8] All of Blende in District 70 is zoned to Pleasant View Middle School and Pueblo County High School. [9] [10]
Blende was first zoned to Pueblo County High in 1953. [11] Previously a Blende elementary school existed, and the area high school was, in the pre-1953 period, Pleasant View High School. A junior high school co-located with Pleasant View High received students from the respective age group. [12]