Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
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The Town of Green Mountain Falls is a statutory town located in El Paso and Teller counties of the U.S. of State of Colorado. The town population was 646 at the 2020 United States Census with 622 residents in El Paso County and 24 residents in Teller County.[3] Green Mountain Falls is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Green Mountain Falls, Colorado | |
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Town of Green Mountain Falls[1] | |
Old land office in the park | |
Motto: “A Very Special Place” | |
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Location of the Town of Green Mountain Falls in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 38°56′06″N 105°01′01″W | |
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County | El Paso County[1] Teller County |
Incorporated (town) | August 19, 1880[2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory town[1] |
Area | |
• Statutory town[1] | 2.851 km2 (1.101 sq mi) |
• Land | 2.847 km2 (1.099 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.004 km2 (0.002 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,364 m (7,756 ft) |
Population | |
• Statutory town[1] | 646 |
• Density | 227/km2 (588/sq mi) |
• Metro | 755,105 (79th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP code[5] | 80819 (PO Box) |
Area code | 719 |
FIPS code | 08-32650 |
GNIS feature ID | 191196[4] |
Website | greenmountainfalls |
In 1968, officials in Green Mountain Falls conducted a resurvey of the 1890 legal description of the town's corporate limits and found "that the town hall, the magistrate's office, the post office, the community center, the civic swimming pool, and nearly half of the residents are located outside city limits"[6] and were forced to redraw the legal boundaries.[7]