Cattle Creek, Colorado
Cattle Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in southeastern Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Rifle, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cattle Creek CDP was 662 at the United States Census 2020. The Glenwood Springs post office serves the area.
Geography
The CDP is located in southeastern Garfield County along Colorado State Highway 82 in the valley of the Roaring Fork River. Cattle Creek, a tributary of the Roaring Fork, forms the southern edge of the CDP. Highway 82 leads north to Glenwood Springs, the county seat, and south to Carbondale.The Cattle Creek CDP has an area of, all land.
The community takes its name from Cattle Creek, a stream that flows through it.