Mount Crested Butte, Colorado

This article is about the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado. For the town's namesake mountain, see Crested Butte. For the nearby Town of Crested Butte, see Crested Butte, Colorado. For the resort, see Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

Mt. Crested Butte is a home rule municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The population was 941 at the 2020 census.^[5] ZIP code 81225 serves post office boxes for Mount Crested Butte and for neighboring Crested Butte; mail must be addressed to Crested Butte.^[6]

Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado
Town
Welcome to Mt. Crested Butte, elevation 9,375 feet (2,858 m)
Location of Mount Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Coordinates: 38°54′30″N 106°57′38″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County[1]	Gunnison
Incorporated (town)	1973[2]
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[1]
Area [3]
• Total	2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2)
• Land	2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [4]	9,738 ft (2,968 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• Total	941
• Density	460/sq mi (180/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[6]	81225 (Crested Butte PO Box)
Area code	970
FIPS code	08-52570
GNIS feature ID	2413018[4]
Website	mtcb.colorado.gov

Geography

Mt. Crested Butte

Mt. Crested Butte is in north-central Gunnison County in the Gunnison National Forest, 2 miles (3 km) north of the town of Crested Butte on Gothic Road. The town sits at the northern and western base of Crested Butte, a 12,162-foot (3,707 m) summit that is the site of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Mt. Crested Butte covers a total area of 2.22 square miles (5.75 km²), all of it land.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1980	272		—
1990	264		−2.9%
2000	707		167.8%
2010	801		13.3%
2020	941		17.5%
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

• Colorado portal

• West Elk Mountains