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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
existed within the present boundaries of the State of Colorado. |
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Baca County, Colorado
Baca County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Springfield
Year Organized: 1889
Square Miles: 2,556
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Court House: 741 Main Street
County Courthouse
Springfield, CO 81073-1548
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Baca 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
History
Baca 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.
Geography
According 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:
- North: Prowers County
- Northeast: Stanton County, Kan.
- East: Morton County, Kan.
- South: Cimarron County, Okla.
- Southwest: Union County, N.M.
- West: Las Animas County
- Northwest: Bent County
Cities and Towns:
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- Campo |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pritchett |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Springfield
(County Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Two Buttes |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Vilas |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Walsh |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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