Editing Lincoln Park, Colorado

{{short description|Census-designated place in Fremont County, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
|official_name            = Lincoln Park, Colorado
|other_name               =
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 =
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]]
|motto                    =
<!-- images and maps  ----------->
|image_skyline            = Lincoln Park, Colorado.JPG
|imagesize                =
|image_caption            = Looking north along South 9th Street {{nowrap|([[Colorado State Highway 115]])}} in Lincoln Park.
|image_flag               =
|flag_size                =
|image_seal               =
|seal_size                =
|image_shield             =
|shield_size              =
|image_blank_emblem       =
|blank_emblem_type        =
|blank_emblem_size        =
|image_map                = Fremont County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lincoln Park Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  =
|map_caption              = Location of the Lincoln Park CDP in {{nowrap|[[Fremont County, Colorado]].}}[[Colorado]]
|image_map1               =
|mapsize1                 =
|map_caption1             =
|image_dot_map            =
|dot_mapsize              =
|dot_map_caption          =
|dot_x                    =
|dot_y                    =
|pushpin_map              = USA
|pushpin_label            = {{nowrap|Lincoln Park}}
|pushpin_label_position   = right
|pushpin_map_caption      = Location of the Lincoln Park CDP in the {{nowrap|[[United&nbsp;States]].}}
|pushpin_mapsize          =
<!-- Location ------------------>
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Colorado}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont County]]
|subdivision_type3        =
|subdivision_name3        =
|subdivision_type4        =
|subdivision_name4        =
<!-- Politics ----------------->
|government_footnotes     = <ref name=GR3/>
|government_type          = [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]]
|leader_title             =
|leader_name              =
|leader_title1            = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
|leader_name1             =
|leader_title2            =
|leader_name2             =
|leader_title3            =
|leader_name3             =
|leader_title4            =
|leader_name4             =
|established_title        = <!-- Settled -->
|established_date         =
|established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2        =
|established_title3       = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
|established_date3        =
<!-- Area    --------------------->
|area_magnitude           =
|unit_pref                = US
|area_footnotes           = <ref name=CO_CDP_2020>{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 9.804
|area_land_km2            = 9.803
|area_water_km2           = 0.0011
|area_total_sq_mi         =
|area_land_sq_mi          =
|area_water_sq_mi         =
|area_water_percent       =
|area_urban_km2           =
|area_urban_sq_mi         =
|area_metro_km2           =
|area_metro_sq_mi         =
|area_blank1_title        =
|area_blank1_km2          =
|area_blank1_sq_mi        =
<!-- Population   ----------------------->
|population_as_of         = [[United States Census 2020|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Lincoln_Park_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0845145 |title=Lincoln Park CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=March 31, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|population_note          =
|population_total         = 3,934
|population_density_km2   = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_metro         =
|population_density_metro_km2     =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi   =
|population_urban                 =
|population_density_urban_km2     =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi   =
|population_blank1_title          =
|population_blank1                =
|population_density_blank1_km2    =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi  =
<!-- General information  --------------->
|timezone                 = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
|utc_offset               = -7
|timezone_DST             = [[Mountain Daylight Time|MDT]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -6
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=CO_CDP_2020/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|38.4255068|-105.2131551|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Lincoln Park CDP, Colorado|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=GR3/>
|elevation_m              = 1644
|elevation_ft             = 5394
<!-- Area, postal, and other codes -------->
|postal_code_type        = [[ZIP Code]]<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/81212|title=Zip Code 81212 Map and Profile|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2020|access-date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>
|postal_code              = [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]] 81212
|area_code                = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name               = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS feature]]<ref name=GR3>{{cite web|url=https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names|title=U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
|blank_info               = [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:2408611,Lincoln%20Park%20Census%20Designated%20Place Lincoln Park CDP]
|blank1_name              =
|blank1_info              =
|website                  =
|footnotes                =
}}

'''Lincoln Park''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located in and governed by [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The CDP is a part of the [[Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population of the Lincoln Park CDP was 3,934 at the [[United States Census 2020]].<ref name="Census 2020" /> The [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]] [[post office]] ([[Zip Code]] 81212) serves the area.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

==History==
{{See also|Early history of Fremont County, Colorado}}

==Geography==
Lincoln Park is located in eastern Fremont County. It is bordered to the north and west by [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]], the [[county seat]], and to the southeast by [[Brookside, Colorado|Brookside]].

The former incorporated town of [[Prospect Heights, Colorado|Prospect Heights]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelsdocbox.com/Budget_Travel/76532396-Coal-camps-of-fremont-county-colorado.html |title=Coal Camps of Fremont County Colorado |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=2018-08-20 |quote=}}</ref> now lies within the Lincoln Park CDP.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://colorado.hometownlocator.com/co/fremont/prospect-heights.cfm |title=Prospect Heights (in Fremont County, CO) Populated Place Profile |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=CO HomeTownLocator |publisher= |access-date=2018-08-21 |quote=Prospect Heights (GNIS FID: 192009) is a populated place LOCATED WITHIN the Lincoln Park CDP. In turn, the Lincoln Park CDP is located within Fremont County.}}</ref>

The Lincoln Park CDP has an area of {{convert|9.804|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, including {{convert|0.0011|km2|acres|disp=flip}} of water.<ref name=CO_CDP_2020/>

==Demographics==
<!-- As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,904 people, 1,650 households, and 1,138 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|1,037.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,772 housing units at an average density of {{convert|471.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.34% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.23% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.95% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.48% of the population.

There were 1,650 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 22.4% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,313, and the median income for a family was $45,353. Males had a median income of $34,909 versus $24,156 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $18,636.  About 7.3% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.
 -->
The [[United States Census Bureau]] initially defined the {{nowrap|Lincoln Park CDP}} for the {{nowrap|[[1950 United States census]].}}
{{Historical populations
|title  = Lincoln Park CDP, Colorado
|type   = US
|align  = left
|source = [[United States Census Bureau]]
|1950|1,345
|1960|2,085
|1970|2,984
|1980|3,426
|1990|3,728
|2000|3,904
|2010|3,546
|2020|3934
}}{{clear left}}

==Environmental issues==
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2008}}

In 1958, [[Cotter Corporation]], a company owned by [[Commonwealth Edison]] of [[Chicago]], began to process [[uranium]] ore in [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]]. In the process of mining uranium ore, the company contaminated the surrounding land, and compromised the water supply of nearby Lincoln Park, {{convert|10|mi|0}} from [[ADX Florence]]. In a [[class-action lawsuit]] filed by 340 people, the company was accused of lowering nearby land values due to [[radioactive contamination]] both at the site of the mill and along the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway]]. In 1983, the state of Colorado sued over these damages to the environment; settling for $15 million, Cotter Corporation promised to clean up the mill site. The company resumed work in 1999, but laid off the majority of employees in 2005 after it was determined that shipping ore from Colorado's Western Slope was cost-prohibitive. The water contamination in Lincoln Park remains, and the area has been declared a [[Superfund]] site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0800115 |title=Superfund Site: Lincoln Park Canon City, CO |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 5, 2024 |website=United States Environmental Protection Agency |publisher= |access-date=June 5, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163146/https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0800115 |archive-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Colorado}}}}
* [[List of census-designated places in Colorado]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Lincoln Park, Colorado}}
* [https://www.fremontco.com/ Fremont County website]

{{Fremont County, Colorado}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Census-designated places in Fremont County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Colorado]]
[[Category:Colorado populated places on the Arkansas River]]