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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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Dolores County, Colorado
Dolores County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Dove Creek
Year Organized: 1881
Square Miles: 1,067 |
Court House: P.O. Box 608
County Courthouse
Dove Creek, CO 81324-0608
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Dolores County is named for the Dolores River, originally Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, or, in
English, "River of our Lady of Sorrows".
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Dolores County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 19, 1881 out of the western portions of Ouray
County. It was named for the Dolores River. The complete Spanish name was Rio de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (River of
our Lady of Sorrows), as reported by Father Silvestre Vélez de Escalante in 1776. Originally set in Rico, the county
seat was moved to Dove Creek in 1941.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,068 square miles (2,766 km²),
of which, 1,067 square miles (2,763 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it is water. The
total area is 0.11% water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: San Miguel County
- East: San Juan County
- Southeast: La Plata County
- South: Montezuma County
- West: San Juan County, Utah
Cities and Towns:
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- Dove Creek
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- Rico |
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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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