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Dove Creek
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town in and county seat of Dolores County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Dolores
- Incorporated
- June 15, 1939
- Type
- statutory town
- Total
- 0.573 sq mi (1.483 km )
- Land
- 0.573 sq mi (1.483 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 6,844 ft (2,086 m)
- Density
- 1,109/sq mi (428/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Area codes
- 970/748
- Fips code
- 08-21265
- Website
- townofdovecreek .colorado .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Dove Creek
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dolores County
- Population
- 635
- Area
- 1.393749
- Elevation
- 6844
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Dolores County
- Image
- Dove Creek Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 346
- Dialing code
- 970
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 81324
- Commons category
- Dove Creek, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 33373
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Dove Creek is the statutory town that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 635 at the 2020 United States census. The community takes its name from the nearby Dove Creek. Dove Creek is the self-proclaimed Pinto Bean Capital of the World.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dove Creek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.