Pueblo West, Colorado

The Pueblo West Metropolitan District was created on September 16, 1969. It is located approximately 7 miles due west of the City of Pueblo. It is a planned community with covenants, which are enforced by the Committee of Architecture

The area of the District, with annexations, contains about 26,000 acres or 48 square miles of contiguous lands extending west by northwest from points approximately 1.5 miles west of the limits of the City of Pueblo. The District is located immediately north of the Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, which is a part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Water Project and is currently accepting approximately 1500 visitors a day on the Arkansas River. The dam was constructed in 1975 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Pueblo West is located along the southern edge of the State's major growth corridor. It is situated eight miles west of Pueblo and 38 miles from Canon City on Highway 50. Pueblo West is bisected by east-west U.S. Highway 50 and its eastern borders is touched by north-south Interstate Highway 25, which is the major route to Colorado Springs, Denver and Albuquerque, New Mexico.