Dolores, Colorado

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Coordinates: 37°28′28″N 108°29′54″W / 37.47444, -108.49833
Town of Dolores, Colorado
Location in Montezuma County and the State of Colorado
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County	Montezuma County^[1]
Incorporated	July 19, 1900^[2]
Government
- Type	Statutory Town^[1]
Area
- Total	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km²)
- Land	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation ^[3]	6,936 ft (2,114 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	857
- Density	1,224.3/sq mi (476.1/km²)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code^[4]	81323
Area code(s)	970
FIPS code	08-20770
GNIS feature ID	0202607

The Town of Dolores is a Statutory Town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 857 at the 2000 census. It is one of three incorporated municipalities in the county.

Dolores (Spanish for "sorrow" 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 40 miles from the Four Corners Monument. Established as a station on the Rio Grande Southern Railway, 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.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Dolores is located at 37°28′28″N, 108°29′54″W (37.474540, -108.498294)^[5].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), all of it land.

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 city limits include extensive residential, commercial, and minor-industrial areas upstream in the valley floor, on Summit Ridge to the southwest, and on high ground to the north, at the intersections of Colorado Highways 145 and 184.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 857 people, 372 households, and 231 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,225.2 people per square mile (472.7/km²). There were 423 housing units at an average density of 604.7/sq mi (233.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 84.13% White, 6.30% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 5.83% from other races, and 3.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.59% of the population.

There were 372 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.3% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 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.