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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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Chaffee County, Colorado
Chaffee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Salida
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 1,014 |
Court House: P.O. Box 699
County Courthouse
Salida, CO 81201-0699
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named for Jerome B. Chaffee, Colorado's first United States Senator.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Chaffee County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county seat is Salida.
Chaffee County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 10, 1879 out of southern Lake County (although at the time, Lake County was known as Carbonate County, a designation which lasted for only two days). It is known as the Heart of the Rockies.
It was named for Jerome B. Chaffee, Colorado's first United States Senator.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,015 square miles (2,629 kmē),
of which, 1,013 square miles (2,625 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.15%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Park County
- Southeast: Fremont County
- South: Saguache County
- West: Gunnison County
- Northwest: Pitkin County; Lake County
Cities and Towns:
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- Buena Vista |
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- Poncha Springs |
town |
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- Salida
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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