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Welcome to Durango ...The city of Durango is located in La Plata County<1> and is the County Seat for La Plata County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Durango, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. The city was incorporated April 27, 1881. When the people of Durango refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Durangoite<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Durango has a population of 19,571 people<3> (see below for details). Durango is 6,850 feet [2,088 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Durango is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Durango lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Durango lies within the (970) area code. The ZIP codes for Durango: 81301-81302<5> Websites for Durango ...Official Website: www.durangogov.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Durango had an population of 19,571 people. This is an increase of 15.89% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 40.58% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Durango had a population of 16,887 people (or 32.9% of the total population of La Plata County). This makes Durango the county's most populous community. The population of Durango represents 0.34% of the population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 33rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 16,887 people, the population of Durango increased 21.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 13,922 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Durango. Communities Also Named Durango ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Durango - they are located in Florida, Iowa and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Durango. Communities near Durango ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Durango.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Durango. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Durango. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Durango. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durango. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Durango. Our list includes 40 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Durango. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Durango ...Looking for more information about Durango? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Durango, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Durango. Adding Durango to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Durango in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Durango was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Durango in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Durango. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Durango: www.durangogov.org/ The official website for La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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