Matheson is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the DenverâÂÂAuroraâÂÂLakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Matheson post office has the ZIP Code 80830. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Matheson CDP was 79.
The town was named after Duncan Matheson, the original owner of the town site.
The Matheson CDP has an area of , all land.
The United States Census Bureau defined the for the
It is in the Big Sandy School District 100J.
The television series ' is set in Matheson, Colorado. However, the series portrays Matheson as much larger, a hub of high-tech industry, and located somewhere in the mountains west of Denver.