South Fork, Colorado Town of South Fork, Colorado South Fork as seen from the summit of Agua Ramon Mountain South Fork as seen from the summit of Agua Ramon Mountain Location in Rio Grande County and the state of Colorado Location in Rio Grande County and the state of Colorado State Colorado Website Town of South Fork South Fork is a statutory town in Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States.
It lies at the confluence of the South Fork and Rio Grande rivers.
South Fork is positioned at 37 40 09 N 106 38 34 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), all land.
South Fork was established in 1882, by which date its locale was already marked by the existence of a coaching post dating from the assembly of the barns connection of the Rio Grande Western Railroad line to Creede which had been assembled to support the Creede silver mine.
It was only in 1992 that South Fork accomplished autonomous statutory town status, making it the youngest statutory town in the state.
On June 21, 2013, a wildfire burning 6 miles (9.7 km) from the town prompted mandatory evacuations for all South Fork residents.
South Fork has about 600 permanent residents, but a substantially larger summer populace due to cyclic inhabitants and visitors. In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,667, and the median income for a family was $45,417.
In the 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation starring Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, the Griswold family spend the evening at a camping ground in South Fork.
State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Rio Grande County, Colorado State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Town of South Fork website (archive link) CDOT map of the Town of South Fork Municipalities and communities of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States
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