Two Buttes, Colorado
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Two Buttes, Colorado | |
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| Two Buttes Library (2015) Two Buttes Library (2015) | |
| Location within Baca County and Colorado Location within Baca County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 37°33′38.39″N 102°23′47.6″W / 37.5606639°N 102.396556°WCoordinates: 37°33′38.39″N 102°23′47.6″W / 37.5606639°N 102.396556°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Baca County[1] |
| Incorporated | Oct 19, 1911[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 34 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 81084 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | Template:FIPS [2] |
| GNIS ID | 2413409 [2] |
| Website | Town of Two Buttes |
Two Buttes is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States.[2] The population was 34 at the 2020 census.[5]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Two Buttes is located in northeast Baca County. The hill known as Two Buttes is 8 miles (13 km) to the northwest of the town, overlooking Two Buttes Reservoir on Two Butte Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River.
The town of Two Buttes is on State Highway 116 and is 23 miles (37 km) by road northeast of Springfield, the Baca County seat. East on Highway 116 it is 20 miles (32 km) to the Kansas border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
Climate
[edit | edit source]The Köppen Climate system classifies the weather as semi-arid, abbreviated as BSk.[6] Template:Weather box
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Clare Dunn, (b. 1987), country music artist
See also
[edit | edit source]Memoir, An Owl on Every Post, by Sanora Babb: description of Two Buttes in 1913 from homesteader perspective (see also Sanora Babb ).
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Template:Cite gnis2
- ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Census Bureau. "Two Buttes town; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ↑ Climate Summary for Two Buttes, Colorado
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