Elbert County is a county in Colorado, United States, about 40 miles southeast of Denver. It had a population of 26,062 at the 2020 census, an estimated 30,534 by 2025, and covers 1,849 square miles (4,789 km2) centred near 39\u00b010\u2032N 104\u00b005\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Kiowa is the county seat; its postal code is 80117. The county holds 3 incorporated towns, 3 census-designated places and 4 unincorporated communities, and it runs on Mountain Time. Its FIPS code is 08039.<\/p>\n
Elbert County has 10 named places on record: 3 incorporated towns and 7 unincorporated places, including three census-designated places (CDPs) with no local government of their own. CDP stands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads, a ghost town and ranching communities with no formal boundary.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 1,675<\/td>\n | 80107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ponderosa Park<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 3,334<\/td>\n | 80107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kiowa<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | 725<\/td>\n | 80117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Simla<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 601<\/td>\n | 80835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elbert<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 188<\/td>\n | 80106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Matheson<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 79<\/td>\n | 80830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Agate<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 80101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedar Point<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 80828<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fondis<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 80106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kutch<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Ponderosa Park, an unincorporated CDP on the county’s western edge, has more residents than any incorporated town in Elbert County, but Elizabeth remains the largest place with its own municipal government. Fondis and Elbert share ZIP code 80106 — Fondis is a ghost town today and has had no working post office of its own for decades.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nKutch has no ZIP code of its own; its post office operated from 1905 to 1971 and mail there is now delivered under a neighboring town’s code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nElbert County sits on Colorado’s high plains east of the Front Range foothills, with elevations ranging from about 5,400 feet in the northeast near Agate to nearly 6,700 feet around Elbert in the southwest. Of the county’s 1,849 square miles, all but about 0.2 square miles is land — there is no large natural lake, and Kiowa Creek, which runs south through the towns of Elbert and Kiowa before turning north toward the South Platte River, is the county’s principal watercourse.<\/p>\n |