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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. |
El Paso County, ColoradoEl Paso County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameEl Paso County was named for the Spanish language name for Ute Pass north of Pikes Peak. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryIn July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of
Kansas and Nebraska, so they voted to form their own Territory of Jefferson on 1859-10-24. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory including El Paso County. El Paso County was named for the Spanish language name for Ute Pass north of
Pikes Peak. Colorado City served as the county seat of El Paso County. GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,130 square miles
(5,516 kmē), of which 2,126 square miles (5,507 kmē) is land and 3 square miles (8 kmē)(0.15%) is water. 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." |
