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Cripple Creek
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city in and county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Teller
- Incorporated
- June 9, 1892
- Type
- statutory city
- Statutory city
- 1.522 sq mi (3.941 km )
- Land
- 1.522 sq mi (3.941 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 9,456 ft (2,882 m)
- Density
- 759.1/sq mi (293.1/km )
- Metro
- 755,105 ( 79th )
- Front range
- 5,055,344
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-18530
- Website
- cityofcripplecreek .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Cripple Creek
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Teller County
- Population
- 1155
- Area
- 4.02359
- Elevation
- 2894
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Teller County
- Official website
- cityofcripplecreek.com
- Image
- Welcome to Cripple Creek Colorado.jpg
- Households
- 503
- Dialing code
- 719
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- Commons category
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- postal code
- 80813
- water as percent of area
- 0
- P8168
- Kelly Carlson
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 26119
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cripple Creek is the statutory city that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 1,155 at the 2020 United States census. Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Colorado Springs near the base of Pikes Peak. The Cripple Creek Historic District, which received National Historic Landmark status in 1961, includes all of the city and the surrounding area. The city is now a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cripple Creek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.