Welcome to Buena Vista ...The town of Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County<1> and is the County Seat for Chaffee County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Buena Vista, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. The town was incorporated November 8, 1879. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Buena Vista has a population of 3,052 people<2> (see below for details). Buena Vista is 7,990 feet [2,435 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Buena Vista is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Buena Vista lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Buena Vista: 719 The ZIP code for Buena Vista: 81211<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Buena Vista had an population of 3,052 people. This is an increase of 16.62% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 39.04% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Buena Vista had a population of 2,617 people (or 14.7% of the total population of Chaffee County). This makes Buena Vista the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Buena Vista represents 0.05% of the population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 97th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,617 people, the population of Buena Vista increased 19.23% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,195 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Buena Vista. Communities Also Named Buena Vista ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 87 communities that are also named Buena Vista - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California (8), Florida (4), Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico (5), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (5), Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas (9), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buena Vista. Websites for Buena Vista ...Official Website: www.buenavistaco.gov/ Communities near Buena Vista ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buena Vista.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buena Vista. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buena Vista. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buena Vista. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buena Vista. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buena Vista. Our list includes 15 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Buena Vista. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buena Vista ...Looking for more information about Buena Vista? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Buena Vista, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Buena Vista. Adding Buena Vista to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Buena Vista in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Buena Vista was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Buena Vista. Footnotes ...
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