Oak Creek, Colorado
Appearance
Oak Creek, Colorado | |
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Main Street in Oak Creek. | |
![]() Location of Oak Creek in Routt County, Colorado. | |
Coordinates: 40°16′26″N 106°57′28″W / 40.27389°N 106.95778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County[1] | Routt |
Incorporated (town) | December 26, 1907[2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2) |
• Land | 0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 7,438 ft (2,267 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 889 |
• Density | 2,500/sq mi (970/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code[6] | 80467 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-55155 |
GNIS feature ID | 2413061[4] |
Website | townofoakcreek |
Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 889 at the 2020 census.
History
The town was incorporated in 1907[2] as a coal mining town.[7] The community was named for scrub oak near the original town site.[8]
Geography
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
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 222 | — | |
1920 | 967 | 335.6% | |
1930 | 1,211 | 25.2% | |
1940 | 1,769 | 46.1% | |
1950 | 1,488 | −15.9% | |
1960 | 666 | −55.2% | |
1970 | 492 | −26.1% | |
1980 | 929 | 88.8% | |
1990 | 673 | −27.6% | |
2000 | 849 | 26.2% | |
2010 | 884 | 4.1% | |
2020 | 889 | 0.6% |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Creek, Colorado
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "Oak Creek town; Colorado". Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 27, 2004. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
- ^ Berg, Alison (June 13, 2023). "A Colorado high-country town struggles to save its identity in the shadow of a ski resort". Rocky Mountain PBS. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ 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. 38.
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