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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
existed within the present boundaries of the State of Colorado. |
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Pueblo County, Colorado
Pueblo County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pueblo
Year Organized: 1866
Square Miles: 2,389 |
Court House: 215 W. 10th Street
County Courthouse
Pueblo, CO 81003-2945
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Pueblo County is named for "the pueblo" (pueblo is Spanish for "town" or "village") located on the site
of the current town of Pueblo, Colorado.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Pueblo is one of the original Colorado counties. In 1870 part of Huerfano County was added to the southeast corner.
Geography
According to Pueblo County's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department, Pueblo County has a
total area of 2,398 square miles (6,208 kmē), of which, 2,385 square miles (6,174 kmē) of it is land and
12.6 square miles (20 kmē) of it (0.83%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: El Paso County
- Northeast: Lincoln County; Crowley County
- Southeast: Otero County; Las Animas County
- Southwest: Huerfano County
- West: Custer County
- Northwest: Fremont County
Cities and Towns:
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- Boone |
town |
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- Pueblo
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rye |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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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