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Crestone, Colorado | |
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| Town of Crestone[1] | |
 Welcome sign on Birch Street, | |
 Location of the Town of Crestone in the Saguache County, Colorado. | |
  Crestone Location of the Town of Crestone in the United States. | |
| Coordinates: 37°59′40″N 105°41′47″W / 37.994497°N 105.696273°W[2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Saguache County[1] |
| Incorporated | January 24, 1902[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town[1] |
| • Mayor | Kairina Danforth |
| • Town Clerk | Allyson Ransom |
| • Treasurer | Lisa Cyriacks |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.385 sq mi (0.996 km2) |
| • Land | 0.385 sq mi (0.996 km2) |
| • Water | 0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2) |
| Elevation | 7,923 ft (2,415 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 141 |
| • Density | 367/sq mi (142/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code[6] | 81131 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-18420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0192409 |
| Highways | Take County Road T 12 miles east from State Highway 17 at Moffat |
| Website | townofcrestone |
The Town of Crestone is a Statutory Town in Saguache County, Colorado.[1] According to the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 141.[4] Crestone is located at the foot of the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range, in the northern part of the San Luis Valley. Crestone was platted in 1880 by George Adams, owner of the neighboring Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4. [citation needed] In the 1970s, the Baca Grande land development was established on the lands of the Baca Grant to the south and west. Several hundred homes have been built there [when?] [citation needed].
The Crestone area, which includes the Baca Grande and Moffat, Colorado, is a spiritual center for several religions, including a Hindu temple, a Zen center, several Tibetan Buddhist centers, and various New Age activities. Much of this spiritual development was catalyzed by the couple Hanne and Maurice Strong in the 1970s, who set out to make it an interfaith center.[7]
Crestone is named for the 14,000-foot peaks that lie just east of the town: Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle. The Crestones, as they are known collectively, in turn, took their name from the Spanish word crestón, which, according to Walter Borneman and Lyndon Lampert's book A Climbing Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners, means: “the top of a cock’s comb”; “the crest of a helmet”; or, in miners’ jargon, “an outcropping of ore”.
- ^ a b c d e "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "2014 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places". United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
- ^ Jones, Finn-Olaf (January 11, 2008). "For Many a Follower, Sacred Ground in Colorado". The New York Times.
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