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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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Hinsdale County, Colorado
Hinsdale County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lake City
Year Organized: 1874
Square Miles: 1,118
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Court House: PO Box 277
County Courthouse
Lake City, CO 81235-0277
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Hinsdale County is named in honor of George Aaron Hinsdale, a lieutenant governor of Territory of
Colorado.
Demographics:
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History
Hinsdale County was formed in 1874, from Conejos, Costilla and Lake Counties. Hinsdale County is located in the
mid-southwestern part of Colorado.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,123 square miles (2,909 kmē),
of which, 1,118 square miles (2,895 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (14 kmē) of it (0.49%) is
water.
Hinsdale County is one of the most remote counties in Colorado and the United States. It is
approximately 96% public lands, with 49% of that land designated as wilderness. The second largest
natural lake in Colorado, Lake San Cristobal, is located in Hinsdale County. The lake was formed
naturally over 700 years ago by the Slumgullion Earthflow, which blocked the Lake Fork of the Gunnison
River. There are five mountain peaks over 14,000 feet in Hinsdale County - Uncomphagre, Wetterhorn,
Sunshine, Handies and Redcloud - all located near Lake City, the only incorporated town in the County
and the County seat.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Gunnison County; Saguache County
- Southeast: Mineral County; Archuleta County
- Southwest: La Plata County
- West: San Juan County
- Northwest: Ouray County
Cities and Towns:
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- Lake City
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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,
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