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Colorado Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge Colorado CountiesColorado 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 existed within the present boundaries of the State of Colorado. |
Baca County, ColoradoBaca County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameBaca County is named in honor of the prominent Baca family of Trinidad, Colorado, members of which had settled early in the area. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryBaca County was created by the Colorado legislature on April 16, 1889, out of the eastern portions of Las Animas
County. Baca County was named in honor of pioneer and Colorado territorial legislator Felipe Baca. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,557 square miles (6,623 kmē),
of which, 2,556 square miles (6,619 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.05%) is
water. Baca County is located in the southeastern corner of Colorado. New Mexico and Oklahoma border it on the south, with Kansas on the east. It is located within the physiographic province of the Great Plains, and ranges from 3,500 feet to 5,280 elevation above sea level. The climate is semi-arid, with an average annual precipitation of about 12 inches in northwest corner to about 17 inches in the southeastern corner. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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." |
