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Chaffee County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- February 10, 1879
- Named after
- Jerome B. Chaffee
- Seat
- Salida
- Largest city
- Salida
- Other cities
- Buena Vista , Poncha Springs
- Total
- 1,014.95 sq mi (2,628.7 km )
- Land
- 1,013.41 sq mi (2,624.7 km )
- Water
- 1.54 sq mi (4.0 km ) 0.15%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,831
- Density
- 20.47/sq mi (7.90/km )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- chaffeecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Chaffee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,476. The county seat is Salida.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaffee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.