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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. |
Garfield County, ColoradoGarfield County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameGarfield County is named in honor of James Abram Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryGarfield County is located in the scenic plateau and canyon country of western Colorado. Covering 3000 square miles,
it is 110 miles long and extends to the Utah border. It was carved out of Summit County on February 10, 1883. In
historical times, the earliest inhabitants were the Ute Indians, and the land was theirs by treaty until April 12, 1880,
when they were removed to reservations after the "Meeker Massacre" of 1879. Although explorers, missionaries, miners,
and a few settlers had already visited the area of Garfield County, the main influx of settlers began to arrive and
towns were founded beginning in 1880. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,956 square miles (7,655 kmē),
of which, 2,947 square miles (7,633 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (23 kmē) of it (0.29%) is
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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." |
