Editing Ouray County, Colorado (section)

==Communities==
[[File:OurayCounty.jpg|thumb|upright|View from Ouray to Loghill Village]]
[[File:Gold on Bear Creek, CO.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Fall colors on Bear Creek, south of Ouray]]

Ouray County has two [[Colorado municipalities#Home rule municipality|home rule municipalities]], and seven [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated communities]]. For statistical purposes, the U.S. Census Bureau has defined three of these as [[census-designated place]]s (CDP). The home rule municipalities are the city of Ouray and town of Ridgway, also the most populous settlements in the county. Loghill Village is the next largest development. Along with Loghill, Portland and Colona serve as census-designated places within Ouray County. The other unincorporated communities within the county are Camp Bird, Dallas, Thistledown, and Eldredge. All the communities, with the exception of Ridgway and Ouray, serve as primarily residential communities, though Loghill Village maintains a small tourism sector.

Colona, Eldredge, and Dallas are located in the northern reaches of the county along U.S. Highway 550, though Eldredge and Dallas are located within the valleys of the San Juan Mountains while Colona is in the short stretch of the [[Uncompahgre Valley]] within Ouray County. Portland is placed down valley of Ouray, though still south of Ridgway. Camp Bird and Thistledown are communities placed southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road. From north to south the communities are Colona, Eldredge, Dallas, Ridgway, Ouray, and then southwest along Camp Bird Road to Thistledown and Camp Bird. The historic towns of Sneffels and Ironton are located further west from Camp Bird and south of Ouray, respectively. Populations listed below are from the 2010 United States census data.<ref name="2010pop">{{cite web |url=http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711184447/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |title=Colorado Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data) |publisher=Missouri Census Data Center |access-date=April 18, 2011 }}</ref>

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'''Incorporated cities and towns'''
*[[Ouray, Colorado|Ouray]] - 898
*[[Ridgway, Colorado|Ridgway]] - 1,183
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'''census-designated places'''
*[[Loghill Village, Colorado|Loghill Village]] - 617
*[[Portland, Ouray County, Colorado|Portland]] - 136
*[[Colona, Colorado|Colona]] - 36
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'''Unincorporated communities'''
*[[Eldredge, Colorado|Eldredge]]
*[[Camp Bird, Colorado|Camp Bird]]
*[[Thistledown, Colorado|Thistledown]]
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===Historic towns===
*[[Dallas, Colorado|Dallas]]
*[[Guston, Colorado|Guston]]
*[[Ironton, Colorado|Ironton]]
*[[Red Mountain Town, Colorado|Red Mountain Town]]
*[[Sneffels, Colorado|Sneffels]]
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