Ignacio, Colorado

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Ignacio, Colorado
Piinuu
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Location of Ignacio in La Plata County, Colorado.
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Ignacio
Location of the Town of Ignacio, Colorado.
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Ignacio
Ignacio (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°06′54″N107°37′59″W / 37.1150°N 107.6331°W / 37.1150; -107.6331 (Ignacio, Colorado) [2]
Country United States
State Colorado
County La Plata County [3]
Tribe Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Incorporated (town) July 7, 1913 [4]
Government
  Type Statutory Town [1]
Area
[5]
  Total
0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2)
  Land0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
6,454 ft (1,967 m)
Population
 (2020) [6]
  Total
852
  Density2,000/sq mi (760/km2)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code [7]
81137
Area code 970
GNIS pop ID 184487
GNIS town ID 2412787
FIPS code 08-38535
Website Town of Ignacio

The Town of Ignacio (Ute dialect: Piinuu) is a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The population was 852 at the 2020 United States census. [6] Ignacio is the headquarters of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.

Contents

History

Geography

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of 0.273 square miles (0.71 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1920 290
1930 46460.0%
1940 55519.6%
1950 526−5.2%
1960 60915.8%
1970 6130.7%
1980 6678.8%
1990 7207.9%
2000 669−7.1%
2010 6974.2%
2020 85222.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ignacio, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  5. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  6. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Ignacio town; Colorado" . Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  7. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  8. 9  Stat.   922
  9. The United States of America and the Capote and Mouache Utes (December 30, 1849). "Treaty with the Utah" . Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. The United States of America and the Ute Nation (March 2, 1868). "Treaty between the United States of America and the Tabeguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Tampa, Grand River, and Uintah Bands of Ute Indians" (PDF). Fortieth United States Congress. p. 619. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  11. Forty-third United States Congress (April 29, 1874). "An act to ratify an agreement with certain Ute Indians in Colorado, and to make an appropriation for carrying out the same" (PDF). p. 36. Retrieved March 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. United States of America and the Capote, Mouache, and Weeminuche Utes (November 9, 1878). "Agreement with the Capote, Muache, and Weeminuche Utes" (PDF). Pagosa Springs, Colorado . Retrieved March 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. 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.
  14. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.