Ignacio, Colorado
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Ignacio (Ute dialect: Piinuu) is a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The population was 852 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name="Census 2020" /> Ignacio is the headquarters of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
History
- On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded northern Mexico (including all of the future State of Colorado) to the United States.<ref name=Guadalupe>Template:USStat</ref>
- On December 30, 1849, Chiefs of Ute signed the Peace Treaty of Abiquiú with the United States.<ref name=Abiquiú>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861.
- The Consolidated Ute Reservation was created on March 2, 1868.<ref name=Ute_Treaty_of_1868>Template:Cite web</ref>
- On September 13, 1873, the Brunot Treaty removed the San Juan Mountains from the Consolidated Ute Reservation.<ref name=Brunot_Treaty>Template:Cite web</ref>
- La Plata County was created on February 10, 1874.<ref name=COcounty/>
- The Territory of Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.
- On November 9, 1878, the Consolidated Ute Reservation was replaced by the much smaller Southern Ute Indian Reservation.<ref name=Southern_Ute>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Ignacio, Colorado, post office opened on Jan 31, 1882<ref name=CPO>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Town of Ignacio was incorporated on July 7, 1913.<ref name=COMun/>
Geography
At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.
Demographics
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See also
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
- Ute people
References
External links
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