Welcome to De Beque ...The town of De Beque is located in Mesa County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of De Beque, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. The town was incorporated January 18, 1890. From Place Names in Colorado,<2> the origin of De Beque is described as "Named for Dr. Wallace A. De Beque (1841-1930)." From the Census Estimates for 2019, De Beque has a population of 542 people<3> (see below for details). De Beque is 4,930 feet [1,503 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of De Beque is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: De Beque lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for De Beque: 970 & 748<5> The ZIP code for De Beque: 81630<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, De Beque had an population of 542 people. This is an increase of 7.54% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 20.18% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, De Beque had a population of 504 people. This makes De Beque the county's 5th most populous community. The population of De Beque represents 0.01% of the population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 196th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 504 people, the population of De Beque increased 11.75% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 451 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for De Beque. Websites for De Beque ...Official Website: www.debeque.org/ Communities near De Beque ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near De Beque.
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 De Beque. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for De Beque. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of De Beque. 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 De Beque. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around De Beque. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for De Beque. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for De Beque ...Looking for more information about De Beque? 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 De Beque, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for De Beque. Adding De Beque to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of De Beque 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 De Beque was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for De Beque. Footnotes ...
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