Lake City
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town in and county seat of Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Hinsdale County Seat
- Incorporated town
- September 19, 1884
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Mayor
- Dave Roberts
- Total
- 0.84 sq mi (2.17 km )
- Land
- 0.83 sq mi (2.14 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 8,672 ft (2,643 m)
- Density
- 523/sq mi (202/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-42330
- Website
- www .townoflakecityco .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Lake City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hinsdale County
- Population
- 432
- Area
- 2.180068
- Elevation
- 2640
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Hinsdale County
- Official website
- www.townoflakecity.us
- Image
- Lake City c1880, Crofutt's Gripsack Guide 1884 cropped.jpg
- Households
- 204
- Dialing code
- 970
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- postal code
- 81235
- Commons category
- Lake City, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 1.1474
- different from
- Lake City
- water area
- 0.025015
- per capita income
- 32501
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake City is a statutory town that is the county seat of, the most populous community in, and the only incorporated municipality in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. The population was 432 at the 2020 census. It is located in the San Juan Mountains in a valley formed by the convergence of Henson Creek and the headwaters of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River about seven miles (11 km) east of Uncompahgre Peak, a Colorado fourteener. Lake City is named after nearby Lake San Cristobal. This area lies at the southern end of the Colorado Mineral Belt and when rich mineral deposits were discovered the native population was pushed from their tribal lands and the town of Lake City was incorporated in 1873.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.