Chipita Park, Colorado

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in El Paso County, CO, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

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| name = Chipita Park, Colorado

| settlement_type = unincorporated community

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| etymology = Chipeta - The wife of Chief Ouray

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| image_map = El Paso County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cascade-Chipita Park Highlighted.svg

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| map_caption = This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in El Paso County, Colorado, highlighting Cascade-Chipita Park in red.

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|pushpin_label = Chipita Park

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chipita Park, Colorado.

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|elevation_ft = 7796

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Colorado

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = El Paso{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=May 10, 2025}}

|government_type = unincorporated community

|governing_body = El Paso County

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|unit_pref = US

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 21, 2020}}

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Cascade-Chipita_Park_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0812325 |title=Cascade-Chipita Park CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 16, 2023 |quote=}}

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|population_density_km2 = auto

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|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = −07:00

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −06:00

|postal_code_type = ZIP code{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?bycitystate|title=ZIP Code Lookup|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=May 10, 2025}}

|postal_code = 80809

|area_code_type = Area code

|area_code = 719

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|blank_info = {{GNIS 4|203531}}

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|blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|2407982}}

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|blank2_info = {{FIPS|08|12325}}

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Chipita Park is an unincorporated community located in Cascade-Chipita Park, CO Census Defined Place, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Cascade, Colorado, post office is 80809. The town is named for the Chipeta, the wife of Chief Ouray.{{cite web|title=Chipita Park Association: On the threshold of a new era|url=http://www.chipitapark.org/|publisher=Chipita Park Association|accessdate=2012-11-11}} Chipita Park mailing addresses are served by the Cascade, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 80809).

History

The Chipita Park, Colorado, post office operated from March 9, 1935, until May 31, 1967, when it was merged into the Cascade, Colorado, post office.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}

Geography

Chipita Park, Colorado, is located {{convert|2.7|mi}} northwest of Cascade at coordinates {{coord|38.9244|-105.0066|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-203531|name=Cascade, Colorado}} and elevation {{convert|7796|ft}}.

Demographics

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