Red Cliff
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town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- State of Colorado
- County
- Eagle County
- Incorporated town
- December 18, 1880
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Total
- 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km )
- Land
- 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 8,832 ft (2,692 m)
- Density
- 1,100/sq mi (410/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Zip code
- 81649 ( PO Box )
- Fips code
- 08-63265
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Red Cliff
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Eagle County
- Population
- 257
- Area
- 0.60802
- Elevation
- 8750
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Body of water
- Eagle River
- Image
- DSCN3053 redcliff e 600.jpg
- Households
- 110
- Dialing code
- 970
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- Commons category
- Red Cliff, Colorado
- postal code
- 81649
- inception
- 1879-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 30473
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Cliff (sometimes spelled Redcliff) is a statutory town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population was 257 at the 2020 census. The town is a former mining camp situated in the canyon of the upper Eagle River just off U.S. Highway 24 north of Tennessee Pass. The town site is concealed below the highway (which passes over the Red Cliff Truss Bridge) and is accessible by a side road leading to Shrine Pass in the Sawatch Range.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Cliff” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.