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Fountain
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city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- El Paso
- Incorporated
- April 23, 1903
- Mayor
- Sharon Thompson
- City
- 22.367 sq mi (57.930 km )
- Land
- 22.342 sq mi (57.865 km )
- Water
- 0.245 sq mi (0.635 km )
- Elevation
- 5,558 ft (1,694 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 28,907
- Density
- 1,296/sq mi (500.5/km )
- Urban
- 632,494 (US: 66th )
- Metro
- 768,832 (US: 79th )
- Front range
- 5,055,344
- Time zone
- UTC–7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 08-27865
- Sales tax
- 7.53%
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fountain is a home rule city located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The population was 29,802 at the 2020 census. Fountain is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Fountain is located 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Colorado Springs and just east of Fort Carson. Fountain and the Colorado Springs suburbs Security and Widefield make up the "Fountain Valley" community.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fountain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.