Black Hawk
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city in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Gilpin
- Incorporated
- June 12, 1886
- Type
- home rule city
- Total
- 2.653 sq mi (6.871 km )
- Land
- 2.653 sq mi (6.871 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 8,534 ft (2,601 m)
- Density
- 48/sq mi (19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Zip code
- 80403, 80422 ( PO Box )
- Area codes
- 303/720/983
- Fips code
- 08-07025
- Website
- City of Black Hawk
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Encyclopedic overview
Black Hawk is a home rule city located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 United States census, making it the least populous city (but not town) in Colorado. It was a mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and is now a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Black Hawk is located adjacent to Central City, another historic mining settlement in Gregory Gulch. The two cities form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk National Historic District. The area flourished during the mining boom of the late 19th century following the construction of mills and a railroad link to Golden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black Hawk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.