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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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Routt County, Colorado
Routt County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Steamboat Springs
Year Organized: 1877
Square Miles: 2,362 |
Court House: P.O. Box 773598
County Courthouse
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-3598
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Routt County is named in honor of John Long Routt, the first Governor of the State of Colorado.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Routt County was created out of the western portion of Grand County on January 29, 1877. It was named
in honor of John Long Routt, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. The western
portion of Routt County was split off to form Moffat County on February 27, 1911.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,368 square miles (6,133 kmē),
of which, 2,362 square miles (6,116 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (17 kmē) of it (0.27%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Carbon County, Wyo.
- Northeast: Jackson County
- Southeast: Grand County; Eagle County
- Southwest: Garfield County; Rio Blanco County
- West: Moffat County
Cities and Towns:
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- Hayden |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oak Creek |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Steamboat Springs
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yampa |
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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