Vilas, Colorado | |
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Former saloon on Main Street | |
![]() Location of Vilas in Baca County, Colorado | |
Coordinates: 37°22′27″N102°26′51″W / 37.37417°N 102.44750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County [1] | Baca County |
Incorporated | June 25, 1888 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
• Land | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 4,157 ft (1,267 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 98 |
• Density | 750/sq mi (300/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 81087 (PO Box) |
Area code | 719 |
FIPS code | 08-81030 |
GNIS feature ID | 2413433 [4] |
Vilas is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 98 at the 2020 census. [5]
A post office called Vilas has been in operation since 1887. [7]
The community was named after William Freeman Vilas, a United States Senator from Wisconsin. [8]
Vilas is located in east-central Baca County. U.S. Route 160 passes just to the north of the town, leading west 11 miles (18 km) to Springfield, the county seat, and east 9 miles (14 km) to Walsh.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1940 | 129 | — | |
1950 | 132 | 2.3% | |
1960 | 107 | −18.9% | |
1970 | 83 | −22.4% | |
1980 | 118 | 42.2% | |
1990 | 105 | −11.0% | |
2000 | 110 | 4.8% | |
2010 | 114 | 3.6% | |
2020 | 98 | −14.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
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