Welcome to Dolores ...The town of Dolores is located in Montezuma County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dolores, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. The town was incorporated July 19, 1900. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Dolores has a population of 959 people<2> (see below for details). Dolores is 6,940 feet [2,115 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Dolores is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Dolores lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Dolores: 970 & 748<4> The ZIP code for Dolores: 81323<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dolores had an population of 959 people. This is an increase of 2.46% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.9% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Dolores had a population of 936 people. This makes Dolores the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Dolores represents 0.02% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 148th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 936 people, the population of Dolores increased 9.22% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 857 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Dolores. Communities Also Named Dolores ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Dolores - they are located in California, New Mexico (2) and Texas (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dolores. Communities near Dolores ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dolores.
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 Dolores. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dolores. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dolores. 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 Dolores. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dolores. See our Newspapers Page for Dolores. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dolores ...Looking for more information about Dolores? 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 Dolores, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Dolores. Adding Dolores to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dolores 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 Dolores was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dolores. Footnotes ...
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