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Oak Creek, Colorado

Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States

Town in Colorado, United States

40°16′26″N 106°57′28″W / 40.27389°N 106.95778°W / 40.27389; -106.95778CountryUnited StatesStateColoradoCounty^[1]RouttIncorporated (town)December 26, 1907^[2]Government

• TypeStatutory Town^[1]Area

^[3]

• Total0.36 sq mi (0.92 km²) • Land0.36 sq mi (0.92 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

^[4]

7,438 ft (2,267 m)Population

(2020)^[5]

• Total889 • Density2,500/sq mi (970/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code^[6]

80467

Area code970FIPS code08-55155GNIS feature ID2413061^[4]Websitetownofoakcreek.com

Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 889 at the 2020 census.

History

The town was incorporated in 1907^[2] as a coal mining town.^[7] The community was named for scrub oak near the original town site.^[8]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	222	—
1920	967	335.6%
1930	1,211	25.2%
1940	1,769	46.1%
1950	1,488	−15.9%
1960	666	−55.2%
1970	492	−26.1%
1980	929	88.8%
1990	673	−27.6%
2000	849	26.2%
2010	884	4.1%
2020	889	0.6%

References

^ ^a ^b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Creek, Colorado
^ United States Census Bureau. "Oak Creek town; Colorado". Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 27, 2004. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
^ Berg, Alison (June 13, 2023). "A Colorado high-country town struggles to save its identity in the shadow of a ski resort". Rocky Mountain PBS. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ 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. 38.