Phippsburg, Colorado

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Phippsburg, Colorado
Census-designated place
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Entering Phippsburg on State Highway 131, February 2011
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Location of the Phippsburg CDP in Routt County, Colorado.
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Phippsburg
Location of the Phippsburg CDP in the United States.
Coordinates: 40°13′49″N106°57′03″W / 40.23028°N 106.95083°W / 40.23028; -106.95083 (Phippsburg CDP, Colorado) [1]
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
County Routt County
Government
[1]
 • Type unincorporated town
Area
[2]
 • Total
1.186 sq mi (3.072 km2)
 • Land1.186 sq mi (3.072 km2)
 • Water0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2)
Elevation
[1]
7,487 ft (2,282 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
234
 • Density200/sq mi (76/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code [4]
80469
Area code 970
GNIS feature 2583279 [1]

Phippsburg is a census-designated place (CDP) and a post office in and governed by Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 234 at the 2020 census. [3] The CDP is a part of the Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Phippsburg post office has the ZIP Code 80469 (post office boxes). [4]

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History

The Phippsburg post office has been in operation since 1909. [5] The community was named after Lawrence C. Phipps, a Colorado legislator. [6]

Geography

The Phippsburg CDP has an area of 759 acres (3.072 km2), all land. [2]

Demographics

Phippsburg CDP, Colorado
YearPop.±%
2010 204—    
2020 234+14.7%
Source: United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Phippsburg CDP for the United States Census 2010.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Phippsburg, Colorado
  2. 1 2 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Phippsburg CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ 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. 40.
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