List of Towns

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Points of Interest

Admission to Union: August 1, 1876 (38th)

Capital: Denver

Largest City: Denver

Highest point: Mount Elbert, 14,440 ft

The name "Colorado" is itself derived after the Spanish word "Colorado" which means "reddish colored" that refer to the red sandstone formations in the area and reddish brown color of the Colorado River.  

Colorado also has a reputation for being a state of very active and athletic people

Colorado has significant energy resources. According to the Energy Information Administration, Colorado hosts seven of the Nation’s 100 largest natural gas fields and two of its 100 largest oil fields.

Colorado politics has the contrast of conservative cities such as Colorado Springs and liberal cities such as Boulder. 

Books of Colorado

Skiing in Colorado

Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah are the only three U.S. states that have only lines of latitude and longitude for boundaries and that have no natural borders.

Please note that you should not leave any food in your car except for in the winter, because a bear could break into your car and wreak havoc.

Jefferson County has a history rich in people, events and progress. Take some of the early residents, for example. Many helped put the "wild" in the wild, wild west. Details about Buffalo Bill, members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and Alferd Packer, Colorado's alleged cannibal.

Colorado Springs is the home of the Space Foundation and the U.S. Olympic Committee and Olympic Training Center. Colorado's second largest city is at the foot of Pikes Peak

Colorado Springs is the home of the US Air Force Military Academy.

Info on Counties

County Governments

Municipal Governments

The region that is today the State of Colorado has been inhabited by Native Americans for more than 13 millennia. The Lindenmeier Site in Larimer County contains artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE. The Ancient Pueblo Peoples lived in the valleys and mesas of the Colorado Plateau. The Ute Nation inhabited the mountain valleys of the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Western Rocky Mountains. The Arapaho Nation and the Cheyenne Nation moved west to hunt across the High Plains.

About Colorado

Colorado has 271 incorporated municipalities and 83 active United States Census Designated Places.

Carbonate County was the shortest lived former Colorado county, existing only two days in 1879 before being dissolved.

The Town of Georgetown operates under Article XIV, Section 13 of the Charter & Constitution of the Colorado Territory. The town mayor is called the Police Judge and the town council is called the Board of Selectmen.

Colorado has more than 22 million acres of park land, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests and recreational areas to explore.