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Colorado Counties
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Colorado Counties
Colorado currently has sixty-four counties. The counties of Colorado are important components
of government since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions such as townships. Two counties, the City and
County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments..
No organized counties of the District of Louisiana, the Territory of Missouri, or the Territory of Nebraska
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Archuleta County, Colorado
Archuleta County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pagosa Springs
Year Organized: 1885
Square Miles: 1,349 |
Court House: P.O. Box 1507
County Courthouse
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Archuleta County is named in honor of Colorado State Senator Antonio D. Archuleta.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Archuleta County was created by the Colorado legislature on April 14, 1885, out of western Conejos
County. It was named for J. M. Archuleta, "head of one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico", and
in honor of Antonio D. Archuleta, who was the Senator from Conejos County at the time.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,355 square miles (3,511 kmē),
of which, 1,350 square miles (3,497 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (14 kmē) of it (0.39%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Mineral County
- Northeast: Rio Grande County
- East: Conejos County
- Southeast: Rio Arriba County, N.M.
- Southwest: San Juan County, N.M.
- West: La Plata County
- Northwest: Hinsdale County
Cities and Towns:
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- Pagosa Springs
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County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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