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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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Park County, Colorado
Park County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Fairplay
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 2,201 |
Court House: P.O Box 1373
County Courthouse
Fairplay, CO 80440-1373
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The county was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early fur traders and trappers in the area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county
was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early fur traders and trappers in
the area. The geographic center of the State of Colorado is located in Park County. Park County is one of the original
Colorado counties. Only minor changes have been made to its 1861 borders. In 1908 a small piece of southern Jefferson
County was added to Park County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,211 square miles (5,726 kmē),
of which, 2,201 square miles (5,700 kmē) of it is land and 10 square miles (26 kmē) of it (0.45%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Clear Creek County
- Northeast: Jefferson County; Douglas County
- Southeast: Teller County; Fremont County
- Southwest: Chaffee County
- West: Lake County
- Northwest: Summit County
Cities and Towns:
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- Alma |
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- Fairplay
(County Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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,
act locally." |
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