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