De Beque, Colorado
town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States
De Beque is a statutory town located in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 493 at the 2020 census. De Beque is a part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town consists of a small grid, including a historic downtown featuring a town hall, a tavern, and several commercial businesses in historic structures. The surrounding streets include houses, several churches, and a school.
History
The town is located in a region historically occupied by the Ute people. White settlers arrived in the region in 1880. The De Beque, Colorado, post office opened on March 23, 1888, and the Town of De Beque was incorporated on January 18, 1890.
The town is named after Dr. W.A.E. de Beque who explored the area with several companions in 1884 while looking for a suitable location for a ranch.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “De Beque, Colorado” is town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Beque, Colorado and town, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2415964. VIAF identifies the subject as 140019817. The Library of Congress control number is nr2005019045. Authority coordinates are 39.333, -108.214. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1880, 1888 and 1890.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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