Coaldale is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place (CDP), and a post office located in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Coaldale post office has the ZIP Code 81222. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Coaldale CDP was 343. The unincorporated community is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo-Cañon City, CO Combined Statistical Area, and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

History

The Coaldale, Colorado, post office opened on February 16, 1891.

Geography

Coaldale is located in southwestern Fremont County. It is bordered to the northwest by the community of Howard. The northeastern edge of the CDP follows the Arkansas River, and U.S. Route 50 follows the river through the CDP. Cañon City, the county seat, is 37 miles (60 km) to the east (downriver), while Salida is 21 miles (34 km) northwest (upriver).

The Coaldale CDP has an area of 19,870 acres (80.413 km2), all land. The CDP extends southwest out of the Arkansas River valley up into San Isabel National Forest and the Sangre de Cristo Range. The southeastern edge of the CDP follows the Hayden Creek valley up to Hayden Pass; the southwestern edge follows the Saguache County line along the crest of the Sangre de Cristos; and the northwestern edge follows Stout Creek and Kerr Gulch Road back down to the Arkansas River valley.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Coaldale CDP for the United States Census 2010.

Coaldale CDP, Colorado
YearPop.±%
2010255—
2020343+34.5%
Source: United States Census Bureau

Education

It is in the Cotopaxi School District RE-3.

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