Town of Ignacio, Colorado Ute language: Piinuu | |
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Looking north along Goddard Avenue in Ignacio | |
![]() Location of Ignacio in La Plata County, Colorado. | |
Coordinates: 37°07′05″N107°38′15″W / 37.11806°N 107.63750°W | |
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County [1] | La Plata |
Tribe | Southern Ute Indian Tribe |
Incorporated (town) | July 7, 1913 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2) |
• Land | 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 6,523 ft (1,988 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 852 |
• Density | 2,000/sq mi (760/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 81137 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-38535 |
GNIS feature ID | 2412787 [4] |
Website | Town of Ignacio |
The Town of Ignacio (Ute language: Piinuu) is a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The population was 852 at the 2020 United States Census. [5] It is the headquarters of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.273 square miles (0.71 km2), all of it land.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1920 | 290 | — | |
1930 | 464 | 60.0% | |
1940 | 555 | 19.6% | |
1950 | 526 | −5.2% | |
1960 | 609 | 15.8% | |
1970 | 613 | 0.7% | |
1980 | 667 | 8.8% | |
1990 | 720 | 7.9% | |
2000 | 669 | −7.1% | |
2010 | 697 | 4.2% | |
2020 | 852 | 22.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] |
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