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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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Boulder County, Colorado
Boulder County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Boulder
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 742 |
Court House: P.O. Box 471
County Courthouse
Boulder, CO 80306-0471
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Boulder County is named from the abundance of boulders in the area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
The territory within Boulder County first became part of the United States in 1803 with the Louisiana
Purchase. The first record of modern settlement in Boulder County dates from March 1859 where reference
is made in a letter to the laying out of the City of Boulder.
Boulder County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Territory of Colorado on 1861-11-01. The county was
named for Boulder City and Boulder Creek, so named because of the abundance of boulders in the area. Boulder County
retains essentially the same borders as in 1861, although a small portion of its southeastern corner became part of the
City and County of Broomfield in 2001.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 751 square miles (1,946 kmē), of
which, 742 square miles (1,923 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (23 kmē) of it (1.19%) is water.
Situated in the north-central part of Colorado, Northwest of Denver, the western border of the County is the
Continental Divide. The eastern half of the County is rolling plains, and the western half is mountainous.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Larimer County
- Northeast: Weld County
- Southeast: Adams County
- South: Jefferson County
- Southwest: Gilpin County
- West: Grand County
Cities and Towns:
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- Boulder
(County Seat) |
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- Broomfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jamestown |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lafayette |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Longmont |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Louisville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lyons |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nederland |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Superior |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Thornton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ward |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Westminster |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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