Dolores, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Statutory Town[1] |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Label: | Dolores |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Town of Dolores in the |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montezuma County |
Government Type: | Statutory Town |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | July 19, 1900[2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.721 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.721 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
Elevation Ft: | 6946 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 885 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1,332 |
Timezone1: | MST |
Utc Offset1: | −07:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 37.4733°N -108.5039°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [4] |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[5] |
Postal Code: | 81323 |
Area Code: | 970 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 08-20770 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2412439 |
Dolores is a Statutory Town located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.[1] The town population was 885 at the 2020 United States Census.[3]
Dolores (Spanish for "sorrows" and named for the river on which it is located) is located at the mouth of the Dolores Valley and the upper reaches of McPhee Reservoir, approximately 40miles from the Four Corners Monument. Established as a station on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, it replaced the earlier town, Big Bend, now covered by McPhee Reservoir. McPhee Reservoir is named for a company town founded by New Mexico Lumber Company, that is now covered by the reservoir.
The following are Dolores area historic sites of the Ancient Pueblo People:
Other historic sites added to the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and National Register of Historic Places include:[6] [7]
At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 1.721km2, all of it land.[3]
The town is confined to a narrow valley bottom along the Dolores River near the point where the river turns from flowing southward out of the San Juan Mountains to the north. Built-up areas outside the town limits include extensive residential, commercial, and minor-industrial areas upstream in the valley floor, on Summit Ridge to the south-southwest, and on high ground to the west, at the intersections of Colorado Highways 145 and 184.
As of the census[8] of 2010, there were 936 people, 431 households, and 236 families residing in the town. The population density was 1337.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 501 housing units at an average density of 715.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 90.38% White, 2.14% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 3.42% from other races, and 3.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.90% of the population.
There were 431 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.2% were non-families. 39.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $30,417, and the median income for a family was $32,188. Males had a median income of $27,404 versus $19,286 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,912. About 16.6% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.
Dolores is part of Colorado's Bustang network. It is on the Durango-Grand Junction Outrider line.[9]