Two Buttes, Colorado

This article is about the town in Baca County, Colorado. For the mountain, see Two Buttes.

Two Buttes is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States.^[1] The population was 34 at the 2020 census.^[5]

Two Buttes, Colorado
Town
Two Buttes Library (2015)
Location within Baca County and Colorado
Coordinates: 37°33′38.39″N 102°23′47.6″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Baca County[2]
Incorporated	Oct 19, 1911[3]
Government
• Type	Statutory Town[2]
Area [4]
• Total	0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2)
• Land	0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	4,105 ft (1,251 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• Total	34
• Density	140/sq mi (53/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81084
Area code	719
FIPS code	08-79270 [1]
GNIS ID	2413409 [1]
Website	Town of Two Buttes

Geography

Two Buttes is located in northeast Baca County. The hill known as Two Buttes is 8 miles (13 km) 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 23 miles (37 km) by road northeast of Springfield, the Baca County seat. East on Highway 116 it is 20 miles (32 km) to the Kansas border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), all of it land.

Climate

The Köppen Climate system classifies the weather as semi-arid, abbreviated as BSk.^[6]

Climate data for Two Buttes, Colorado
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8 (46)	10 (50)	14 (58)	20 (68)	26 (79)	33 (91)	40 (104)	33 (91)	28 (83)	22 (72)	14 (57)	9 (48)	21 (69)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−9 (16)	−7 (20)	−3 (26)	2 (36)	8 (46)	13 (56)	17 (62)	16 (60)	11 (51)	4 (39)	−3 (26)	−7 (19)	3 (38)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	7.6 (0.3)	10 (0.4)	20 (0.8)	33 (1.3)	56 (2.2)	58 (2.3)	51 (2)	46 (1.8)	30 (1.2)	20 (0.8)	13 (0.5)	10 (0.4)	350 (13.9)
Source: Weatherbase [7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1920	93		—
1930	158		69.9%
1940	158		0.0%
1950	121		−23.4%
1960	111		−8.3%
1970	138		24.3%
1980	84		−39.1%
1990	63		−25.0%
2000	67		6.3%
2010	43		−35.8%
2020	34		−20.9%
U.S. Decennial Census

Notable people

• Clare Dunn, (b. 1987), country music artist

See also

• Colorado portal

References

1. "Two Buttes, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
3. "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
4. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
5. United States Census Bureau. "Two Buttes town; Colorado". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
6. Climate Summary for Two Buttes, Colorado
7. "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on September 5, 2013.

External links

• Town of Two Buttes
• CDOT map of the Town of Two Buttes