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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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Summit County, Colorado
Summit County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Summit County is the 19th most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 25,399 at US Census 2000. The county seat is Breckenridge. The Silverthorne Micropolitan Statistical Area comprises Summit
County
County Seat: Breckenridge
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 608
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Court House: P.O. Box 68
County Courthouse
Breckenridge, CO 80424-0068
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named for the many mountain summits in the county.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Summit County was organized as one of the seventeen original Colorado counties by the First Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861. It was named for the many mountain summits in the county. Until February 2, 1874, its boundaries included the area now
comprising Summit County, Grand County, Routt County, Moffat County, Garfield County, Eagle County, and Rio Blanco County.
In 1874, the northern half of the original Summitt County was split off to form Grand County; with the creation of Garfield and Eagle counties in 1883, Summitt County arrived at its present boundaries.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 square miles (1,604 kmē), of
which, 608 square miles (1,575 kmē) of it is land and 11 square miles (29 kmē) of it (1.79%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Grand County
- East: Clear Creek County
- Southeast: Park County
- Southwest: Lake County
- West: Eagle County
Cities and Towns:
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- Blue River |
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- Breckenridge
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- Dillon |
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- Frisco |
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- Montezuma |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Silverthorne |
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,
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