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Baca County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- April 16, 1889
- Named after
- Felipe Baca
- Seat
- Springfield
- Largest town
- Springfield
- Total
- 2,557 sq mi (6,620 km )
- Land
- 2,555 sq mi (6,620 km )
- Water
- 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km ) 0.09%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,347
- Density
- 1.372/sq mi (0.5298/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- bacacountyco .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Baca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,506. The county seat is Springfield. Located at the southeast corner of Colorado, the county shares state borders with Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baca County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.