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Prowers County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- April 11, 1889
- Named after
- John Wesley Prowers
- Seat
- Lamar
- Largest city
- Lamar
- Total
- 1,644 sq mi (4,260 km )
- Land
- 1,638 sq mi (4,240 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,884
- Density
- 7.325/sq mi (2.828/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .prowerscounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Capital
- Lamar
- Population
- 11999
- Area
- 4259
- Shares border with
- Stanton County
- Official website
- www.prowerscounty.net
- Image
- Prowers County, CO, Courthouse IMG 5780.JPG
- Households
- 4900
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- Commons category
- Prowers County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Prowers County, Colorado
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Prowers County, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Prowers County
- per capita income
- 23496
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Encyclopedic overview
Prowers County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,999. The county seat is Lamar. The county is named in honor of John Wesley Prowers, a leading pioneer in the lower Arkansas River valley region.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prowers County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.