Vilas, Colorado
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Vilas, Colorado | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: Former saloon on Main Street (2019) | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Location within Baca County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 37°22′27″N 102°26′51″W / 37.37417°N 102.44750°WCoordinates: 37°22′27″N 102°26′51″W / 37.37417°N 102.44750°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County[2] | Baca County |
| Incorporated | June 25, 1888[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 98 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | Template:FIPS [1] |
| GNIS ID | 2413433 [1] |
| Website | Town of Vilas |
Vilas is a statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.[1] The population was 98 at the 2020 census.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]A post office called Vilas has been in operation since 1887.[7]
The community was named after William Freeman Vilas, a United States Senator from Wisconsin.[8]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Vilas is located in east-central Baca County. U.S. Route 160 passes just to the north of the town, leading west 11 miles (18 km) to Springfield, the county seat, and east 9 miles (14 km) to Walsh.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Template:Cite gnis2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Census Bureau. "Vilas town; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 50.
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