Mount Crested Butte, Colorado
Town in Colorado, United States
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Mount Crested Butte is a home rule municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The population was 941 at the 2020 census.[5] ZIP code 81225 serves post office boxes for Mount Crested Butte and for neighboring Crested Butte; mail must be addressed to Crested Butte.[6]
Mount Crested Butte, Colorado | |
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Welcome to Mt. Crested Butte, elevation 9,375 feet (2,858 m) | |
 Location of Mount Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado. | |
| Coordinates: 38°54′30″N 106°57′38″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County[1] | Gunnison |
| Incorporated (town) | 1973[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2) |
| • Land | 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 9,738 ft (2,968 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 941 |
| • Density | 460/sq mi (178/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[6] | 81225 (Crested Butte PO Box) |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-52570 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413018[4] |
| Website | mtcb |
Geography
Mt. Crested Butte is in north-central Gunnison County in the Gunnison National Forest, 2 miles (3 km) north of the town of Crested Butte on Gothic Road. The town sits at the northern and western base of Crested Butte, a 12,162-foot (3,707 m) summit that is the site of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Mt. Crested Butte covers a total area of 2.22 square miles (5.75 km2), all of it land.[7]
