Cotopaxi, Colorado
Cotopaxi, Colorado | |
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ZIP Code[4] | 81223 |
Area code | 719 |
GNIS feature[2] | Cotopaxi CDP |
Cotopaxi is an
History
The town was named after
Cotopaxi was a small train stop on the
Geography
Cotopaxi is lies on both sides of the Arkansas River, 33 miles (53 km) west of Cañon City, the county seat, and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Salida.
The Cotopaxi CDP has an area of 183 acres (0.740 km2), all land.[1]
Demographics
The
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2010 | 47 | — |
2020 | 44 | −6.4% |
Source: United States Census Bureau |
Economy
Today, Cotopaxi has a few small businesses, the most notable of which is the Cotopaxi General Store. This general store was opened in the early 1920s and has since been connected to a Sinclair gas station.[6]
Education
Cotopaxi is home to Cotopaxi School District Fremont RE-3.[10] The school district directs the educational needs of western Fremont County including Cotopaxi and the surrounding communities of Coaldale, Howard, Swissvale, Wellsville and the Copper Gulch area. Cotopaxi has two schools, Cotopaxi K-8 School and Cotopaxi High School located north of U.S. Highway 50.
Highways
See also
- Outline of Colorado
- State of Colorado
- Colorado cities and towns
- Colorado census designated places
- Colorado counties
- Colorado metropolitan areas
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- South Central Colorado Urban Area
- Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
References
- ^ a b c "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Cotopaxi CDP, Colorado". Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Cotopaxi". The Official Site of Colorado Tourism (2010)
- ^ a b c d Klinger, Jerry. "Cotopaxi - The failed Russian Jewish Agricultural Colony, 1882-1884" (PDF). Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ "American Jewish History, markers, articles".
- ^ a b c Nancy Oswald, "Cotopaxi Colorado History- Hard Times: The Jewish Colony at Cotopaxi" Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. Reprint Arkansas River Tours (2005)
- ^ a b c Flora Jane Satt, "Cotopaxi, Colorado: Russian Jewish Colony". University of Colorado (1950)
- ^ "Cotopaxi School District Fremont RE-3". Retrieved November 11, 2013.