Colorado City, Arizona
Colorado City, Arizona | |
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Colorado City sign | |
Location in Mohave County, Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 36°59′25″N 112°59′33″W / 36.99028°N 112.99250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Mohave |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Incorporated | September 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.924 sq mi (23.113 km2) |
| • Land | 8.916 sq mi (23.092 km2) |
| • Water | 0.008 sq mi (0.021 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,935 ft (1,504 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,478 |
| • Density | 269.41/sq mi (107.02/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| ZIP Code | 86021 |
| Area code | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-14870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413230 |
| Sales tax | 8.6% |
| Website | tocc.us |
Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. The population was 2,478 at the 2020 census. At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there. A majority of residents and many local officials belong to the most prominent of these sects, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whose corporation also owned much of the land within and around the town until state intervention in the 2000s.