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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

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