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Summit County
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county in Colorado, United States
Summit County is a county located in Colorado in the United States. It is notable as a mountainous region in the state, though specific details about its significance would require additional context.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 1, 1861
- Named after
- Continental Divide
- Seat
- Breckenridge
- Largest town
- Silverthorne
- Total
- 619.259 sq mi (1,603.87 km )
- Land
- 608.328 sq mi (1,575.56 km )
- Water
- 10.931 sq mi (28.31 km ) 1.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 31,517
- Density
- 51.050/sq mi (19.710/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Area code
- 970 and 748
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- summitcountyco.gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Summit County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,055, and was estimated to be 30,882 in 2024. The county seat is Breckenridge. Summit County comprises the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Summit County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.