Vilas, Colorado
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Vilas, Colorado | |
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Former saloon on Main Street | |
![]() Location of Vilas in Baca County, Colorado | |
Coordinates: 37°22′27″N 102°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]
History
[edit]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]
Geography
[edit]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.
Demographics
[edit]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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. 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: Vilas, Colorado
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Vilas town; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ 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. 50.
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