Green Mountain Falls, Colorado

Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
Statutory town[1]
Town of Green Mountain Falls[1]
Old land office in the park
Old land office in the park
Motto: 
“A Very Special Place”
Location of the Town of Green Mountain Falls in El Paso and Teller counties, Colorado.
Location of the Town of Green Mountain Falls in El Paso and Teller counties, Colorado.
Green Mountain Falls is located in the United States
Green Mountain Falls
Green Mountain Falls
Location of the Town of Green Mountain Falls in the United States.
Coordinates: 38°56′06″N 105°01′01″W / 38.93500°N 105.01694°W / 38.93500; -105.01694
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyEl Paso County[1]
Teller County
Incorporated (town)August 19, 1880[2]
Government
 • TypeStatutory town[1]
Area
[3]
2.851 km2 (1.101 sq mi)
 • Land2.847 km2 (1.099 sq mi)
 • Water0.004 km2 (0.002 sq mi)
Elevation
[4]
2,364 m (7,756 ft)
Population
 (2020)[3]
646
 • Density227/km2 (588/sq mi)
 • Metro
755,105 (79th)
 • Front Range
5,055,344
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code[5]
80819 (PO Box)
Area code719
FIPS code08-32650
GNIS feature ID191196[4]
Websitegreenmountainfalls.colorado.gov

The Town of Green Mountain Falls is a statutory town located in El Paso and Teller counties of the U.S. of State of Colorado. The town population was 646 at the 2020 United States Census with 622 residents in El Paso County and 24 residents in Teller County.[3] Green Mountain Falls is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

In 1968, officials in Green Mountain Falls conducted a resurvey of the 1890 legal description of the town's corporate limits and found "that the town hall, the magistrate's office, the post office, the community center, the civic swimming pool, and nearly half of the residents are located outside city limits"[6] and were forced to redraw the legal boundaries.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
  5. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
  6. ^ "News Briefs— National", Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1968, p3
  7. ^ "1890 Mistake Changes Town", The Post-Crescent (Appleton WI), March 8, 1968, p2