Cope, Colorado

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|image_caption = U.S. Route 36 in Cope (2017)

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|area_land_km2 = 4.651

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|timezone = MST

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|elevation_m = 1350

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|postal_code = 80812

|area_code = 970

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Cope is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Washington County, Colorado, United States. The population was 53 at the 2020 census. The Cope post office has the ZIP Code 80812.

History

The Cope post office has been in operation since 1889.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=25 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120236/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |archivedate=6 March 2016 }} The community was named after Johnathon C. Cope, a railroad official.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=21|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=15}}

Geography

The Cope CDP has an area of {{convert|4.731|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, including {{convert|0.080|km2|acres|disp=flip}} of water.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined the {{nowrap|Cope CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2020.}}

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|2020|53

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