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The Town of Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census.

The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Parachute town overview:
Name:	Parachute town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Garfield County
Incorporated:	1908-04-01, as the Town of Grand Valley
Elevation:	5,092 ft (1,552 m)
Total Area:	1.87 sq mi (4.85 km²)
Land Area:	1.81 sq mi (4.68 km²)
Water Area:	0.07 sq mi (0.17 km²)
Total Population:	1,390
Population Density:	740/sq mi (290/km²)
ZIP code:	81635, 81636 (PO Box)
Area code:	970
FIPS code:	0857400
GNISfeature ID:	2413110
Website:	www.parachutecolorado.com

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Geography

Parachute is on the northwest side of the Colorado River where it is joined by Parachute Creek. Interstate 70 passes through the town, with access from Exit 75. I-70 leads east 42 miles (68 km) to Glenwood Springs, the county seat, and southwest 44 miles (71 km) to Grand Junction. Parachute is bordered to the southeast across the Colorado River by the unincorporated community of Battlement Mesa.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.67 square miles (4.32 km), of which 1.61 square miles (4.16 km) is land and 0.062 square miles (0.16 km), or 3.70%, is water.