Editing Stratton, Colorado (section)

{{short description|Town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info -->
|name                     = Stratton, Colorado
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]

<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = Stratton, Colorado.JPG
|image_caption            = Looking north along Colorado Avenue (2019)
|image_flag               =
|image_seal               =

<!-- Maps -->
|image_map                = Kit Carson County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Stratton Highlighted 0874485.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]] and [[Colorado]]
|image_map1               =
|map_caption1             =

<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|18|11|N|102|36|15|W|region:US-CO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Colorado]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Colorado|County]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web | url = http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | title = Active Colorado Municipalities | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Local Affairs | access-date = September 1, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | archive-date = December 12, 2009 }}</ref>
|subdivision_name2        = [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson]]
|subdivision_type3        =
|subdivision_name3        =

<!-- Established -->
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         =
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = April 15, 1917<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}</ref>
|named_for                =

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/>
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Matthew Brachtenbach

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_08.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.51
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.51
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_total_km2           = 1.33
|area_land_km2            = 1.33
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_water_percent       =
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 4413

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Stratton_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0874485 |title=Stratton town; Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 22, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 656
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

<!-- General information -->
|timezone1                = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset1              = −7
|timezone1_DST            = MDT
|utc_offset1_DST          = −6
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | title = ZIP Code Lookup| format = [[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]] | publisher = [[United States Postal Service]] | accessdate=January 6, 2008}}</ref>
|postal_code              = 80836
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|08|74485}} <ref name=gnis/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 204821 <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis2|204821|Stratton, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  = {{Official website|https://townofstratton.colorado.gov/|townofstratton.colorado.gov}}
}}

'''Stratton''' is a [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>  The population was 656 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" /> Stratton was named in honor of the gold miner and philanthropist [[W. S. Stratton|Winfield Scott Stratton]].