Local Wiki
Mesa County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Regular administrative public hearing every Tuesday, 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Public Hearing Room, Old Mesa County Courthouse, 544 Rood Ave, Grand Junction, CO.
- Clerk and Recorder
- 970-244-1800 · clerk@mesacounty.us
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.mesacounty.us/commissioners/business-of-the-commissioners/agendas--notices/
- Board of County Commissioners
- JJ Fletcher (2026 Chair), Cody Davis (District 1, 2025 Chair), Bobbie Daniel (District 2) — 544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501 — 970-244-1885 — mcadmin@mesacounty.us.
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (1)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Towns (3)
- Collbran
- De Beque
- Palisade
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (3)
- De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the County of Mesa
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Hospital districts (1)
- Plateau Valley Hospital District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Hospital Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Emergency services districts (9)
- Central Orchard Mesa Fire Protection District
- Clifton Fire Protection District
- East Orchard Mesa Fire Protection District
- Gateway-Unaweep Fire Protection District
- Grand Junction Rural Fire Protection District
- Lands End Fire Protection District
- Lower Valley Fire Protection District
- Palisade Rural Fire Protection District
- Plateau Valley Fire Protection District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (3)
- Clifton Sanitation District
- Clifton Water District
- Mesa Water & Sanitation District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Water and Sanitation Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries