Pitkin, Colorado

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Town of Pitkin, Colorado
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Pitkin, August 2014
Gunnison County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Pitkin Highlighted 0859830.svg
Location of Pitkin in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Coordinates: 38°36′31″N106°30′54″W / 38.60861°N 106.51500°W / 38.60861; -106.51500
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
County [1] Gunnison
Incorporated April 5, 1880 [2]
Government
 • Type Statutory Town [1]
Area
[3]
 • Total
0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
 • Land0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
9,229 ft (2,813 m)
Population
 (2020) [5]
 • Total
72
 • Density280/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [6]
81241 (PO Boxes)
Area code 970
FIPS code 08-59830
GNIS feature ID 2413138 [4]
Website townofpitkin.colorado.gov

Pitkin is a Statutory Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The population was 72 at the 2020 census. [5]

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Pitkin was founded in 1879, and is said to be Colorado's first mining camp west of the Continental Divide. Originally named Quartzville, it was renamed to honor Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. [7]

Geography

Pitkin is about 28 miles northeast of Gunnison, Colorado.

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%±
1880 1,891—
1890 371−80.4%
1900 203−45.3%
1910 25023.2%
1920 165−34.0%
1930 22838.2%
1940 156−31.6%
1950 152−2.6%
1960 94−38.2%
1970 44−53.2%
1980 5934.1%
1990 53−10.2%
2000 124134.0%
2010 66−46.8%
2020 729.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  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: Pitkin, Colorado
  5. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Pitkin town; Colorado" . Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  7. ↑ History of Pitkin
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