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Grand Junction is also a prominent college town, home to Colorado Mesa University. Grand Junction is the principal city of the Grand Junction metropolitan area, which had 155,703 residents in 2020. The city is located in the heart of the Grand Valley, a large Colorado River valley stretching over 30 miles east-to-west and 5 miles north-to-south.
D S Rd., 16 miles (26 km) west of Glade Park. 38°56′55″N 108°58′35″W. / 38.948584°N 108.976400°W / 38.948584; -108.976400 ( Coates Creek Schoolhouse) Glade Park. One-room schoolhouse. 6. Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex. Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex. More images.
Columbia was an unincorporated community platted in 1870. [4] Grand Junction unincorporated, although it has a larger business district than Breedsville, is located in the northwest part of the township. It is so named because it is located at the junction of two railroad lines, though only one now survives.
Mesa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,703. [2] The county seat and most populous municipality is Grand Junction. [3] The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, including the Grand Mesa, which is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world.
Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 357,978. The county is named in honor of U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. [2] The county seat is Castle Rock. [3] Douglas County is part of the Denver – Aurora – Lakewood metropolitan statistical area.
The Grand Valley[1] is an extended populated valley, approximately 30 miles (48 km) long and 5 miles (8.0 km) wide, located along the Colorado River in Mesa County (and slightly into Garfield County) in western Colorado and Grand County in eastern Utah in the Western United States. The valley contains the city of Grand Junction, as well as ...
Loma is an unincorporated town, post office, and census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Loma post office has the ZIP Code 81524. [4] At the 2020 census, the population of the Loma CDP was 1,314.
The U.S. State of Colorado has 273 active municipalities, comprising 198 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. [1][2] The City and County of Denver, the state capital, [3] is the oldest municipality in Colorado. On December 3, 1859, the extralegal Territory of Jefferson granted a charter to the consolidated City of ...