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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.

Larimer County, Colorado

Larimer County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Fort Collins
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 2,601

Court House:

P.O. Box 1190
County Courthouse
Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Larimer County is named in honor of William Larimer, a pioneer.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Larimer County is one of the original Colorado counties. A boundary dispute with Grand County was settled in 1886 by the Colorado Supreme Court. In 1909 the western part of Larimer County (North Park) was split off to form Jackson County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,634 square miles (6,822 km²), of which, 2,601 square miles (6,737 km²) of it is land and 33 square miles (84 km²) of it (1.24%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Albany County, Wyo.
Northeast: Laramie County, Wyo.
East: Weld County
South: Boulder County
Southwest: Grand County
West: Jackson County

Cities and Towns:

- Berthoud	town	Incorporated Area
- Estes Park	town	Incorporated Area
- Fort Collins (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Loveland	city	Incorporated Area
- Timnath	town	Incorporated Area
- Wellington	town	Incorporated Area

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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."