Welcome to Parachute ...The town of Parachute is located in Garfield County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Parachute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Parachute has a population of 1,120 people<2> (see below for details). Parachute is 5,080 feet [1,548 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Parachute is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Parachute lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Parachute: 970 & 748<4> The ZIP code for Parachute: 81635<5> In the past, Parachute was named Grand Valley. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Parachute had an population of 1,120 people. This is an increase of 3.23% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.33% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Parachute had a population of 1,085 people. This makes Parachute the county's 6th most populous community. The population of Parachute represents 0.02% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 138th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,085 people, the population of Parachute increased 7.85% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,006 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Parachute. Websites for Parachute ...Official Website: www.parachutecolorado.com/ Communities near Parachute ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Parachute.
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 Parachute. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Parachute. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Parachute. 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 Parachute. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Parachute. See our Newspapers Page for Parachute. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parachute ...Looking for more information about Parachute? 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 Parachute, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Parachute. Adding Parachute to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Parachute 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 Parachute was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Parachute. Footnotes ...
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