Rico
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town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- State of Colorado
- County
- Dolores County
- Incorporated town
- February 25, 1880
- Type
- Home rule municipality
- Mayor
- Nicole Pieterse
- Total
- 0.68 sq mi (1.76 km )
- Land
- 0.68 sq mi (1.76 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 8,773 ft (2,674 m)
- Density
- 536/sq mi (207/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-64090
- Website
- townofrico .colorado .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Rico
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dolores County
- Population
- 288
- Area
- 1.959917
- Elevation
- 2690
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Body of water
- Dolores River
- Official website
- www.ricocolorado.org
- Image
- Rico Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 98
- Dialing code
- 970
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- Commons category
- Rico, Colorado
- postal code
- 81332
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 42144
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Encyclopedic overview
Rico is a town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. The population was 288 at the 2020 census. Its current form of government is that of a home rule municipality.
Rico is a name derived from Spanish meaning "rich".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rico” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.