Palmer Lake
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town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- El Paso
- Incorporated town
- March 12, 1889
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Mayor
- Dennis Stern
- Total
- 3.09 sq mi (8.01 km )
- Land
- 3.07 sq mi (7.95 km )
- Water
- 0.023 sq mi (0.06 km )
- Elevation
- 7,139 ft (2,176 m)
- Density
- 859/sq mi (332/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-57025
- Website
- www .townofpalmerlake .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Palmer Lake
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- El Paso County
- Population
- 2636
- Area
- 8.060849
- Elevation
- 2224
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Official website
- www.ci.palmet-lake.co.us
- Image
- Palmer Lake, CO, Town Hall IMG 5182.JPG
- Households
- 1174
- Dialing code
- 719
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- postal code
- 80133
- water as percent of area
- 0.6943
- water area
- 0.055967
- per capita income
- 39859
- Commons category
- Palmer Lake, Colorado
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Encyclopedic overview
Palmer Lake is a Statutory Town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,636 at the 2020 census. Palmer Lake was founded by General William Jackson Palmer in 1871 and was incorporated in 1889.
Palmer Lake is one of three communities in the Tri-Lakes region between Denver and Colorado Springs. The three lakes are Palmer Lake, Monument Lake, and Lake Woodmoor. Located off Interstate 25 near two major metropolitan centers, Palmer Lake is a growing community on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palmer Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.