Two Buttes, Colorado Explained

Two Buttes, Colorado
Settlement Type:Town
Coordinates:37.5607°N -102.3966°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Colorado
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Baca County[1]
Established Title:Founded
Established Title1:Platted
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:Oct 19, 1911[2]
Government Type:Statutory Town
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Footnotes:[3]
Area Total Km2:0.64
Area Land Km2:0.64
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.25
Area Land Sq Mi:0.25
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:4105
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:34
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:MST
Utc Offset1:−7
Timezone1 Dst:MDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−6
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:81084
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:719
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS ID
Blank1 Info:2413409

Two Buttes is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 34 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Two Buttes is located in northeast Baca County. The hill known as Two Buttes is 8miles to the northwest of the town, overlooking Two Buttes Reservoir on Two Butte Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River.

The town of Two Buttes is on State Highway 116 and is by road northeast of Springfield, the Baca County seat. East on Highway 116 it is to the Kansas border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2sqmi, all of it land.

Climate

The Köppen Climate system classifies the weather as semi-arid, abbreviated as BSk.[5]

Demographics

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Active Colorado Municipalities . State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs . November 30, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html . December 12, 2009 .
  2. Web site: Colorado Municipal Incorporations . State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives . December 1, 2004 . November 30, 2007.
  3. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2020.
  4. Web site: Two Buttes town; Colorado . United States Census Bureau. April 28, 2023 .
  5. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=15850&cityname=Two+Buttes%2C+Colorado%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Two Buttes, Colorado