Local Wiki
Montrose County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 9:00 AM (board also holds meetings in Maher, Nucla, Olathe).
- Meeting location
- Historic Montrose County Courthouse, 320 S. 1st Street, 3rd floor, Montrose, CO.
- Clerk and Recorder
- 970-249-3362 · Recording@montrosecounty.net
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.montrosecounty.net/390/Agendas-Minutes-Upcoming-Board-Meetings
- Board of County Commissioners
- Kirstin Copeland (District 1, Chair as of July 15, 2026 — sworn in Nov 24, 2025 after Commissioner Scott Mijares was recalled by voters in a Nov 2025 recall election), Caryn Gibson (District 2, appointed September 3, 2026 — one day before this research — filling the seat left by Sue Hansen's Aug 31, 2026 retirement; contact info not yet published), Sean Pond (District 3) — 320 South 1st Street, Suite 300, Montrose, CO 81401 — 970-249-7755 — kcopeland@montrosecounty.net.
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)
- Naturita
- Nucla
- Olathe
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (2)
- Montrose County School District Re-1j
- West End School District No. Re-2
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (4)
- Crawford Fire Protection District No. 5
- Montrose Fire Protection District
- Nucla-Naturita Fire Protection District
- Olathe Fire Protection District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (3)
- Chipeta Water District
- Menoken Water District
- West Montrose Sanitation District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Water and Sanitation Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries