Mancos
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town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Montezuma
- Incorporated town
- November 30, 1894
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Mayor
- Queenie Barz
- Total
- 0.638 sq mi (1.65 km )
- Land
- 0.638 sq mi (1.65 km )
- Water
- 0.00 sq mi (0 km )
- Elevation
- 7,011 ft (2,137 m)
- Density
- 1,874.6/sq mi (723.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-48115
- Website
- www .mancoscolorado .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mancos
- Population
- 1196
- Area
- 1.664249
- Elevation
- 2142
- Official website
- www.mancoscolorado.com
- Image
- The 1905 Bauer Bank Block commercial building, constructed in Mancos, Colorado, by George Bauer, the town's most prominent banker and businessman LCCN2015632618.jpg
- Households
- 569
- Dialing code
- 970
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- postal code
- 81328
- Commons category
- Mancos, Colorado
- inception
- 1894-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25771
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Mancos is a statutory town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census, down from 1,336 in 2010.
The town is in southwestern Colorado, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademark for "Gateway to Mesa Verde". Surrounded by rangeland and mountains, Mancos offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities. The town was founded in 1894, near the site where early Spanish explorers first crossed the Mancos River. It is the commercial center for east Montezuma County, and was considered at one time as a county seat. It is served by U.S. Highway 160 and State Highway 184.