Naturita, Colorado | |
|---|---|
 Town Hall on East Main Street | |
 Location in Montrose County, Colorado | |
  Naturita Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°13′06″N 108°34′00″W / 38.21833°N 108.56667°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County[1] | Montrose |
| Incorporated (town) | November 30, 1951[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory town[1] |
| • State Representative | Marc Catlin[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.615 sq mi (1.594 km2) |
| • Land | 0.615 sq mi (1.594 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,397 ft (1,645 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 485 |
| • Density | 788.6/sq mi (304.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[7] | 81422 |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-53120 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413035[2] |
| Website | townofnaturita |
Naturita is a statutory town in Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The population was 485 at the 2020 census,[6] down from 546 in 2010.[6]
The post office in Naturita was opened on October 21, 1881, under the name "Chipeta"; the name was changed to Naturita September 15, 1882, and has used that name since then.[8][9] Naturita is a name derived from Spanish meaning "little nature".[10]
- ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Naturita, Colorado
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "State Representative". State of Colorado. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Colorado". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c "P1. Race – Naturita CDP, Colorado: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on January 1, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
- ^ Class I Cultural Resource Overview of the Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office, Western Colorado, Rand A. Greubel, Jaclyn Mullen, Matthew J. Landt, Jonathon C. Horn, and Alan D. Reed, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Montrose, Colorado, 2010, p. 167
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). 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. 37.