Oak Creek, Colorado

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Oak Creek, Colorado
Town
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Main Street in Oak Creek.
Routt County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Oak Creek Highlighted 0855155.svg
Location of Oak Creek in Routt County, Colorado.
Coordinates: 40°16′26″N106°57′28″W / 40.27389°N 106.95778°W / 40.27389; -106.95778
Country United States
State Colorado
County [1] Routt
Incorporated (town) December 26, 1907 [2]
Government
 • Type Statutory Town [1]
Area
[3]
 • Total0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2)
 • Land0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
7,438 ft (2,267 m)
Population
 (2020) [5]
 • Total889
 • Density2,500/sq mi (970/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [6]
80467
Area code 970
FIPS code 08-55155
GNIS feature ID2413061 [4]
Website townofoakcreek.com

Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 889 at the 2020 census.

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History

The town was incorporated in 1907 [2] as a coal mining town. [7] The community was named for scrub oak near the original town site. [8]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 222—
1920 967335.6%
1930 1,21125.2%
1940 1,76946.1%
1950 1,488−15.9%
1960 666−55.2%
1970 492−26.1%
1980 92988.8%
1990 673−27.6%
2000 84926.2%
2010 8844.1%
2020 8890.6%

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References

  1. 1 2 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Creek, Colorado
  5. ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Oak Creek town; Colorado" . Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 27, 2004. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
  7. ↑ Berg, Alison (June 13, 2023). "A Colorado high-country town struggles to save its identity in the shadow of a ski resort". Rocky Mountain PBS. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  8. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 38.
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