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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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Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Aspen
Year Organized: 1881
Square Miles: 970
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Court House: 530 East Main Street, 3rd Floor
County Courthouse
Aspen, CO 81611-2939
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Pitkin County is named in honor of Frederick Walker Pitkin, the second Governor of the State of
Colorado.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Pitkin County was created in 1881 from part of Gunnison County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 973 square miles (2,521 kmē), of
which, 970 square miles (2,513 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 kmē) of it (0.29%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Eagle County
- East: Lake County
- Southeast: Chaffee County
- South: Gunnison County
- West: Mesa County
- Northwest: Garfield County
Cities and Towns:
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- Aspen
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- Snowmass Village |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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