Minturn, Colorado Minturn, Colorado Location in Eagle County and the state of Colorado Location in Eagle County and the state of Colorado Minturn is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
The town populace was 1,027 at the 2010 United States Census. Minturn is positioned in southeastern Eagle County on the Eagle River between the resort communities of Vail and Beaver Creek.
The town limits extend 2 miles (3 km) northwest along U.S.
Route 24 to Interstate 70 at Exit 171, from which point it is 5 miles (8 km) east to Vail and 5 miles west to Avon at the base of Beaver Creek Resort.
Eagle, the county seat, is 25 miles (40 km) to the west, and Denver is 101 miles (163 km) to the east.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 7.8 square miles (20.1 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (19.6 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2), or 2.32%, is water. Minturn is surrounded on three sides by White River National Forest, with the Holy Cross Wilderness bordering the southwest side of the town.
It includes the forest areas encircling the suburbs of Vail, Minturn, Red Cliff and Avon.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 43.2% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $51,736, and the median income for a family was $53,750.
Town of Minturn The town is titled for Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr., who was vice president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad that established the town. He was also a member of Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
Minturn's earliest families settled at the confluence of Gore Creek and the Eagle River in the late 1800s.
Minturn has adapted to a several major shifts in the small-town economy over the decades, including the evolution of Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts, the method of the Gilman mine, and the abandonment of rail lines through Minturn.
Minturn is served by Eagle County Regional Airport near Gypsum, 30 miles (48 km) to the west.
Eagle County provides bus service from the Dowd Junction Transit Stop with service to Minturn, Vail, Leadville, Eagle-Vail, Avon, Beaver Creek, Edwards, Eagle, Gypsum and Dotsero.
Interstate 70 runs east west two miles north of Minturn.
Highway 24 runs east west through Minturn, and to the east dominant to the suburbs of Red Cliff and eventually Leadville.
Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Eagle County, Colorado State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Town History: Minturn's Mayors".
Town of Minturn.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Minturn town, Colorado".
"Town History: Minturn's Timeline".
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