The Town of Buena Vista (BEW-na Vista) is a Statutory Town located in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,855 at the 2020 United States Census.

The Arkansas River Valley and the area of what would become Buena Vista was first granted in 1864 by settlers drawn to the Place by the copious water which made the land enjoyable for agriculture. By 1880, the county seat had moved from Granite to Buena Vista, but by 1928 Salida had a larger population thus the county seat was moved taking into account again. By 1894, Buena Vista had electricity, telephone service, street lights, parks, cemeteries, and schools. Travelers, speculators, and miners traveling in the works the Arkansas Valley towards Leadville made Buena Vista a popular stagecoach stop, and railroad depot as soon as the 1890s. While agreed experiencing economic ups and downs, the valley’s agricultural economy has made the area more resistant to the ‘boom, bust’ cycle of mining towns.

Buena Vista is located in central Colorado in balance to midway with Salida and Leadville in the Upper Arkansas River Valley at an height of 7,965 feet (2,428 m). The Place between Buena Vista and Salida is often referred to as the Denver & Rio Grande, South Park & Pacific, and Colorado Midland railroads. Many of the existing buildings of Buena Vista date help to this era, and were built in the 1880s and 1890s.

The name “Buena Vista”, Spanish for “Good View”, can often be heard pronounced locally as “Byoo-na Vista”. This Americanized pronunciation was specified by Alsina Dearheimer, who chose this publicize for the town, which was officially selected higher than other names (Cottonwood, Mahonville) on the occasion of the town’s incorporation. Alternate pronunciations include “Bwenna Veesta” (Spanish pronunciation) and simply “Biewnie.” Many residents handily refer to the town as “BV”.