Parachute, Colorado Parachute, Colorado Location in Garfield County and the State of Colorado Location in Garfield County and the State of Colorado State State of Colorado The Town of Parachute is a Statutory Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
Parachute is positioned at 39 27 6 N 108 3 6 W (39.451732, -108.051530), on the northwest side of the Colorado River where it is joined by Parachute Creek.
Parachute is bordered to the southeast athwart the Colorado River by the unincorporated improve of Battlement Mesa.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.67 square miles (4.32 km2), of which 1.61 square miles (4.16 km2) is territory and 0.062 square miles (0.16 km2), or 3.70%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,006 citizens , 381 homeholds, and 233 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 86.88% White, 0.80% African American, 1.59% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.70% Pacific Islander, 5.67% from other competitions, and 3.98% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 34.2% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $31,208, and the median income for a family was $34,423.
About 7.7% of families and 12.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 22.5% of those age 65 or over.
The town was titled after Parachute Creek, that flowed into town from the northwest.
According to legend, a member of the Hayden Survey in 1879 noted that the watershed patterns of the Roan Plateau, north of present-day Parachute, resembled parachute lines and chose the name "Parachute" for the area.
On maps of the area, a several streams converge on the town like the shroud lines of a parachute, and the arc of the ridge line above the streams resembles the canopy of a parachute.
However, as stated to a June 30, 1910, version of the small-town newspaper, the town's name came from the Ute word Pahchouc, which meant "twins" and referred to a stream that ran between two nearly identical mountain peaks.
In 1908, the name of the town was changed to "Grand Valley" to lure travelers on their way to the Grand Valley, which is the Colorado River valley to the southwest known for its fruit production.
After the small-town history Lest We Forget was presented in the late 1970s, the town voted to return the name "Parachute" to the town; the name was changed in the 1980s.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Parachute has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Garfield County, Colorado Town of Parachute official website a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Parachute town, Colorado".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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