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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.

 

 

 

 

Pitkin County, Colorado

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

 

County Seat: Aspen
Year Organized: 1881
Square Miles: 970
 
Court House:

530 East Main Street, 3rd Floor
County Courthouse
Aspen, CO 81611-2939

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 Facts

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:
- Aspen (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Snowmass Village 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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