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Central City
Also known as City of Central, Central City, Colorado
home rule municipality in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Counties
- Gilpin , Clear Creek
- Incorporated
- June 12, 1886
- Type
- home rule city
- Home rule city
- 2.1599 sq mi (5.5940 km )
- Land
- 2.1597 sq mi (5.5937 km )
- Water
- 0.00012 sq mi (0.0003 km )
- Elevation
- 8,498 ft (2,590 m)
- Density
- 361/sq mi (139/km )
- Metro
- 2,963,821 ( 19th )
- Csa
- 3,623,560 ( 17th )
- Time zone
~10 min read
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Central City is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States. Central City is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Gilpin County. The city population was 779, all in Gilpin County, at the 2020 United States census. 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". Central City and the adjacent city of Black Hawk form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk Historic District. The city is now a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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