Official Name: | Oak Creek, Colorado |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
Subdivision Name2: | Routt |
Government Type: | Statutory Town |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (town) |
Established Date2: | December 26, 1907[2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.92 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.92 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.36 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.36 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population Total: | 889 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 40.2739°N -106.9578°W |
Elevation Ft: | 7438 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[5] |
Postal Code: | 80467 |
Area Code: | 970 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 08-55155 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2413061 |
Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 889 at the 2020 census.
The town was incorporated in 1907[2] as a coal mining town.[6] The community was named for scrub oak near the original town site.[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3sqmi, all of it land.