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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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Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Saguache County is the seventh most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county name comes from a Ute language word meaning "blue earth" or "water at blue earth". The county population was 5,917 at US Census
2000. The county seat is the Town of Saguache.
County Seat: Saguache
Year Organized: 1866
Square Miles: 3,169 |
Court House: PO Box 655
County Courthouse
Saguache, CO 81149-0655
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The county name comes from a Ute language word meaning "blue earth" or "water at blue earth".
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Saguache County was created in 1866 from parts of Lake and Costilla Counties. In 1893 a small piece was split off and
added to the new Mineral County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,170 square miles (8,211 kmē),
of which, 3,168 square miles (8,206 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.06%) is
water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Chaffee County
- Northeast: Fremont County
- East: Custer County
- Southeast: Huerfano County; Alamosa County
- South: Rio Grande County
- Southwest: Mineral County; Hinsdale County
- Northwest: Gunnison County
Cities and Towns:
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- Bonanza |
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- Crestone |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Moffat |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Saguache
(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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