|
Colorado State...
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Colorado Counties
|
|
Click Image to Enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Lake County, Colorado
Lake County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Lake County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The highest point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 4401 meters (14,440 feet) elevation. The county population was
7,812 at US Census 2000. The county seat is Leadville. The Edwards Micropolitan Statistical Area comprises Eagle County and Lake County.
County Seat: Leadville
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 377
|
Court House: P.O. Box 964
County Courthouse
Leadville, CO 80461-0964
|
Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named for the Twin Lakes in the area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Lake County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. It was named for the
Twin Lakes in the area.
Lake County slowly lost territory over the succeeding decades, losing land in its southeast to Saguache County in 1866 and Hinsdale County in 1874; in its southwest to La Plata County in 1874 and San Juan County in 1876, and in its west to Ouray and Gunnison counties in 1877.
With its many reductions in size, Lake Counie's designated county seat also changed multiple times within just a few years, residing successively in Oro City (from 1861), Lourette (from 1863), Dayton (from 1866), and Granite (from 1868).
By 1878, Lake County had been reduced to an area including only present-day Lake and Chaffee counties. On February 8, 1879, the Colorado legislature renamed Lake County Carbonate County, although this designation name only lasted for two days, until Chaffee County was split off from Carbonate's
southern section on February 10 and the remaining northern portion was redesignated Lake County with its current county seat of Leadville.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 384 square miles (994 kmē), of
which, 377 square miles (976 kmē) of it is land and 7 square miles (18 kmē) of it (1.83%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Summit County
- East: Park County
- Southeast: Chaffee County
- West: Pitkin County
- Northwest: Eagle County
Cities and Towns:
|
- Leadville
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Salida |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Enter County Resources and Information Here
|
|
County Resource Guide
|
|
|
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." |
|
|
| |
|
