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Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County. [7] The city population was 779, all in Gilpin County, at the 2020 United States census . [ 5 ] The city is a historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth".
By the time the Territory of Colorado was formed on February 28, 1861, Central City was already the largest city in the entire territory, though Denver was made the state capital. The Central City/Black Hawk area was a basically continuous arc of mining camps and urban development, with a population of more than 3,000 at its height in 1870.
Central City and Black Hawk 39°48′04″N 105°30′47″W / 39.8010090°N 105.5130620°W / 39.8010090; -105.5130620 ( Central City/Black Hawk Historic Gilpin
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An enlargeable digital elevation map of the state of Colorado. Geography of Colorado. Colorado is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location ...
The borders of Colorado are now officially defined by 697 boundary markers connected by straight boundary lines. [3] Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah are the only states that have their borders defined solely by straight boundary lines with no natural features. [4] The southwest corner of Colorado is the Four Corners Monument at 36°59'56"N, 109°2 ...
The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m).
The Central City Parkway is a four-lane, 8.4 miles (13.5 km) highway in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties in Colorado, United States, that connects Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US 6/US 40), immediately south of Central City (and about 3 miles [4.8 km] east of Idaho Springs) with Nevadaville Road and Nevada Street in the historic mining town and gambling area of Central City.