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Gilpin County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 1, 1861
- Named after
- William Gilpin
- Seat
- Central City
- Largest city
- Central City
- Total
- 150 sq mi (390 km )
- Land
- 150 sq mi (390 km )
- Water
- 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,073
- Density
- 39/sq mi (15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- gilpincounty .colorado .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gilpin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado, smallest in land area behind only the City and County of Broomfield. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,808. The county seat is Central City. The county was formed in 1861, while Colorado was still a territory, and was named after Colonel William Gilpin, the first territorial governor. Gilpin County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilpin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.