Editing Monte Vista, Colorado

{{short description|City in Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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 | postal_code              = 81135 ([[PO Box]]), 81144
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The '''City of Monte Vista''' is the [[List of cities and towns in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule municipality]] that is the [[List of municipalities in Colorado|most populous municipality]] in [[Rio Grande County, Colorado|Rio Grande County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The city population was 4,247 at the 2020 Census.<ref name="Census 2020" />

==History==
Monte Vista was laid out in 1884. The site had previously served as a watering stop for the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOTa5gUx4x0C&dq=Monte+Vista%2C+Colorado&pg=PT320 | title=John Fielder's Best of Colorado | publisher=Big Earth Publishing | date=2002 | accessdate=November 4, 2013 | author=Fielder, John | pages=319| isbn=9781565794290 }}</ref> Monte Vista is the Spanish translation of "mountain view."<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=41|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=35}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (2.56%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1890= 780
|1900= 556
|1910= 2544
|1920= 2484
|1930= 2610
|1940= 3208
|1950= 3272
|1960= 3385
|1970= 3909
|1980= 3902
|1990= 4324
|2000= 4529
|2010= 4444
|2020= 4247
}}
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<!--As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 4,529 people, 1,715 households, and 1,212 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,390.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,854 housing units at an average density of {{convert|978.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 63.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.61% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 31.82% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.78% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 58.20% of the population.

There were 1,715 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59, and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,392, and the median income for a family was $33,780. Males had a median income of $29,057 versus $23,482 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,612.-->

==Culture==
Monte Vista is served by the [[Carnegie Library (Monte Vista, Colorado)|Carnegie Public Library]].

Every March, nearly 20,000 [[Sandhill Crane]]s descend on the San Luis Valley before continuing their northward spring migration.

==Climate==
Monte Vista has a [[cold semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'').
{{Weather box
|location = Monte Vista 2W, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, 1893-2020 extremes: {{convert|7695|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 61
|Feb record high F = 65
|Mar record high F = 73
|Apr record high F = 78
|May record high F = 89
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 96
|Aug record high F = 90
|Sep record high F = 87
|Oct record high F = 80
|Nov record high F = 69
|Dec record high F = 61
|year record high F =

|Jan avg record high F = 47.8
|Feb avg record high F = 52.7
|Mar avg record high F = 65.9
|Apr avg record high F = 72.2
|May avg record high F = 79.0
|Jun avg record high F = 86.7
|Jul avg record high F = 88.0
|Aug avg record high F = 84.7
|Sep avg record high F = 81.3
|Oct avg record high F = 74.7
|Nov avg record high F = 62.2
|Dec avg record high F = 51.1
|year avg record high F = 88.8

|Jan high F = 33.1
|Feb high F = 39.6
|Mar high F = 51.5
|Apr high F = 58.8
|May high F = 67.1
|Jun high F = 77.2
|Jul high F = 80.1
|Aug high F = 77.8
|Sep high F = 72.5
|Oct high F = 61.6
|Nov high F = 48.1
|Dec high F = 34.5
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 15.4
|Feb mean F = 22.3
|Mar mean F = 33.7
|Apr mean F = 40.5
|May mean F = 49.2
|Jun mean F = 57.7
|Jul mean F = 62.5
|Aug mean F = 60.6
|Sep mean F = 53.7
|Oct mean F = 42.4
|Nov mean F = 29.9
|Dec mean F = 17.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = -2.2
|Feb low F = 5.0
|Mar low F = 15.8
|Apr low F = 22.2
|May low F = 31.4
|Jun low F = 38.3
|Jul low F = 44.9
|Aug low F = 43.3
|Sep low F = 34.8
|Oct low F = 23.2
|Nov low F = 11.7
|Dec low F = -0.1
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -15.2
|Feb avg record low F = -10.5
|Mar avg record low F = 0.3
|Apr avg record low F = 10.1
|May avg record low F = 21.4
|Jun avg record low F = 30.8
|Jul avg record low F = 39.2
|Aug avg record low F = 37.7
|Sep avg record low F = 25.8
|Oct avg record low F = 10.6
|Nov avg record low F = -3.3
|Dec avg record low F = -14.1
|year avg record low F = -19.5

|Jan record low F = −38
|Feb record low F = −31
|Mar record low F = −16
|Apr record low F = -2
|May record low F = 9
|Jun record low F = 23
|Jul record low F = 31
|Aug record low F = 27
|Sep record low F = 15
|Oct record low F = -6
|Nov record low F = -22
|Dec record low F = −29
|year record low F =

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.40
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.32
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.66
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.66
|May precipitation inch = 0.81
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.50
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.48
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.64
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.11
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.83
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.41
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.41
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 6.00
|Feb snow inch = 4.50
|Mar snow inch = 6.50
|Apr snow inch = 4.80
|May snow inch = 1.20
|Jun snow inch = 0.00
|Jul snow inch = 0.00
|Aug snow inch = 0.00
|Sep snow inch = 0.00
|Oct snow inch = 2.80
|Nov snow inch = 3.90
|Dec snow inch = 5.70
|year snow inch =

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00055706&format=pdf
|title = Monte Vista 2W, Colorado 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = November 3, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins)<ref name = XMACIS>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = January 7, 2024
}}
</ref>
}}

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Colorado}}}}
* [[San Luis Valley]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Monte Vista, Colorado}}
* {{official website|https://cityofmontevista.colorado.gov/}}
* [http://www.montevistajournal.com/ ''Monte Vista Journal'']
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/MONTE%20VISTA.pdf CDOT map of the City of Monte Vista]

{{Rio Grande County, Colorado}}

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[[Category:Cities in Rio Grande County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Cities in Colorado]]