Matheson, Colorado

{{short description|Census-designated place in Elbert County, Colorado, United States.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|official_name = Matheson, Colorado

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|image_skyline = Matheson, Colorado.JPG

|image_caption = Looking north on Main Street (County Road 149) from the town's south side, November 2021

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the Matheson CDP in the {{nowrap|State of Colorado.}}

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}}

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Elbert County

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|government_type = unincorporated community

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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 22, 2020}}

|area_total_km2 = 4.444

|area_land_km2 = 4.444

|area_water_km2 = 0.000

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US0849215 |title=Matheson CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=March 19, 2023 |quote=}}

|population_note =

|population_total = 79

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

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|coordinates = {{coord|39.1683162|-103.9770183|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Matheson CDP, Colorado|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m = 1781

|elevation_ft = 5843

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 22, 2020}}

|postal_code = 80830

|area_code = 719

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Matheson is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Matheson post office has the ZIP Code 80830. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Matheson CDP was 79.