Ignacio, Colorado

The Town of 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/>

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.