Official Name: | Divide, Colorado |
Settlement Type: | Census Designated Place |
Motto: | Center of the Known Universe[1] |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Label: | Divide |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Divide CDP in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Teller County |
Government Type: | unincorporated town |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.869 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.869 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 143 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 38.945°N -105.1619°W |
Elevation Ft: | 9118 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[4] |
Postal Code: | 80814 |
Area Code: | 719 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2583231 |
Divide is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Teller County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Divide post office has the ZIP Code 80814.[4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Divide CDP was 143.
The Divide Post Office has been in operation since 1889.[5] The town was named for Ute Pass between the Arkansas River watershed and the Missouri River watershed.[6] [7]
Divide sits on the north slope of Pikes Peak. Ute Pass is immediately west of town. Divide is located at the western intersection of U.S. Highway 24 and State Highway 67 (The highways overlap east to Woodland Park).
The Divide CDP has an area of 0.869km2, all land.[2]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the