Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado | |
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Welcome to Mt. Crested Butte, elevation 9,375 feet (2,858 m) | |
Location of Mount Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado. | |
| Coordinates:38°54′30″N106°57′38″W / 38.90833°N 106.96056°W /38.90833; -106.96056 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | |
| County[1] | Gunnison |
| Incorporated (town) | 1973[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2) |
| • Land | 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 9,738 ft (2,968 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 941 |
| • Density | 460/sq mi (178/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[6] | 81225 (Crested ButtePO Box) |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-52570 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413018[4] |
| Website | mtcb |
Mt. Crested Butte is ahome rule municipality inGunnison County,Colorado, United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of theCrested Butte Mountain Resort. The population was 941 at the2020 census.[5]ZIP code 81225 serves post office boxes for Mount Crested Butte and for neighboringCrested Butte; mail must be addressed to Crested Butte.[6]
Mt. Crested Butte is in north-central Gunnison County in theGunnison National Forest, 2 miles (3 km) north of the town ofCrested Butte on Gothic Road. The town sits at the northern and western base ofCrested Butte, a 12,162-foot (3,707 m) summit that is the site of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the town of Mt. Crested Butte covers a total area of 2.22 square miles (5.75 km2), all of it land.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 272 | — | |
| 1990 | 264 | −2.9% | |
| 2000 | 707 | 167.8% | |
| 2010 | 801 | 13.3% | |
| 2020 | 941 | 17.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||