Hotchkiss, Colorado | |
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East Bridge Street in Hotchkiss, looking towards Mt. Lamborn | |
Motto: "Friendliest Town Around" | |
![]() Location of Hotchkiss in Delta County, Colorado. | |
Coordinates: 38°47′56″N107°42′48″W / 38.79889°N 107.71333°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County [1] | Delta |
Incorporated (town) | March 14, 1901 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
• State Representative | Marc Catlin |
Area | |
• Total | 0.93 sq mi (2.40 km2) |
• Land | 0.93 sq mi (2.40 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 5,332 ft (1,625 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 875 |
• Density | 940/sq mi (360/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 81419 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-37545 |
GNIS feature ID | 2412771 [4] |
Website | townofhotchkiss |
Hotchkiss is a statutory town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. [5]
A post office called Hotchkiss has been in operation since 1882. [7] The town is named after Enos T. Hotchkiss, a local pioneer. [8]
Hotchkiss is located in eastern Delta County on the north side of the North Fork Gunnison River.
Colorado State Highway 92 passes through the center of town as Bridge Street, leading west 20 miles (32 km) to Delta, the county seat, and southeast 52 miles (84 km) to U.S. Route 50 at Blue Mesa Reservoir. Colorado State Highway 133 starts at the east end of town and leads northeast 66 miles (106 km) over McClure Pass to Carbondale.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Hotchkiss has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all of it land. [9]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 261 | — | |
1910 | 600 | 129.9% | |
1920 | 572 | −4.7% | |
1930 | 541 | −5.4% | |
1940 | 653 | 20.7% | |
1950 | 715 | 9.5% | |
1960 | 626 | −12.4% | |
1970 | 507 | −19.0% | |
1980 | 849 | 67.5% | |
1990 | 744 | −12.4% | |
2000 | 968 | 30.1% | |
2010 | 944 | −2.5% | |
2020 | 875 | −7.3% |
The Delta County School District Board of Education decided in February 2021 to close separate high schools in Hotchkiss and Paonia, Colorado and build a joint high school, North Fork High School, located in Hotchkiss. Both schools have been losing students as coal mines in the area have closed. Kindergarten to 8th grade education will continue in both communities. [10]
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"We're going to have a kindergarten-eighth grade school in Paonia, a kindergarten-eighth grade school in Hotchkiss, and then there will be one high school in Hotchkiss next year."