Place:Battlement Mesa, Garfield, Colorado, United States

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NameBattlement Mesa
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates39.438°N 108.034°W
Located inGarfield, Colorado, United States
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Battlement Mesa is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Battlement Mesa post office has the ZIP Codes 81635 and 81636 (for post office boxes).[1] At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Battlement Mesa CDP was 4,471, while the population of the 81635 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 5,957 including the Town of Parachute. The Battlement Mesa Metropolitan District provides services.

The community, which bills itself as a "covenant-controlled community", is primarily a group of contiguous subdivisions developed in the later decades of the 20th century, catering to families and retirees. It is located on the flank of a hill on the south side of the Colorado River, across from the older town of Parachute. The two communities together are known as "Parachute-Battlement Mesa". The town takes its name from Battlement Mesa, an basalt-topped mesa that sits to the south of the town.

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