Cathedral is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) located in
Hinsdale County,
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States. The population of the Cathedral CDP was 15 at the
United States Census 2020.
The
Powderhorn post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
(
Zip Code 81243) serves the area.
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Geography
Cathedral is located in the northeast corner of Hinsdale County on the east side of Cebolla Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Gunnison River
The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River.
Description
The river flows east to west and has a drainage area of according to the USGS. The drainage basin of the ...
. The community is at the junction of County Roads 50 and 45. County Road 50 leads southwest (upstream) to Colorado State Highway 149
State Highway 149 (SH 149) is a state highway in southwestern Colorado, United States. SH 149's southern terminus is at U.S. Highway 160 (US 160) in South Fork, and the northern terminus is at US 50 west of Gunnison. T ...
at Slumgullion Pass, from which point Lake City
Lake City may refer to:
Places
*Lake City, Arkansas
* Lake City, California (disambiguation)
*Lake City, Modoc County, California
* Lake City, Nevada County, California
*Lake City, Colorado
*Lake City, Florida
* Lake City, Georgia
* Lake City, I ...
, the Hinsdale County seat, is to the northwest. County Road 50 also leads north (downstream) from Cathedral into Gunnison and eventually via County Road 27 to Highway 149 at Powderhorn.
The Cathedral CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
initially defined the for the
See also
*List of census-designated places in Colorado
The United States, U.S. has 210 census-designated places. The United States Census Bureau defines certain Unincorporated area, unincorporated communities as census-designated places (CDPs) for enumeration in each United States census, decennial ...
* List of populated places in Colorado
References
External links
State of Colorado
History Colorado
Cathedral @ UncoverColorado.com
Hinsdale County website
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Census-designated places in Hinsdale County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado