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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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El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Colorado Springs
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 2,127 |
Court House: 27 East Vermijo Avenue
County Office Building
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2208
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
El Paso County was named for the Spanish language name for Ute Pass north of Pikes Peak.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
In 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.
The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but on 1861-02-28, US President James Buchanan signed an act organizing the Territory of Colorado. El Paso County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861. Part of its western territory was
broken off to create Teller County in 1899. Originally based in Old Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs, not today's Colorado City between Pueblo and Walsenburg), El Paso County's county seat was moved to Colorado Springs in 1873.
Geography
According 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:
- Northeast: Elbert County
- East: Lincoln County
- Southeast: Crowley County
- South: Pueblo County
- Southwest: Fremont County
- West: Teller County
- Northwest: Douglas County
Cities and Towns:
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- Calhan |
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- Colorado Springs
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fountain |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Green Mountain Falls |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Manitou Springs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Monument |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Palmer Lake |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ramah |
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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