Telluride
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town and county seat of San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- San Miguel
- Incorporated
- February 10, 1887, as Columbia
- Type
- Home rule municipality
- Mayor
- Teddy Errico
- Total
- 2.22 sq mi (5.76 km )
- Land
- 2.22 sq mi (5.76 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 8,754 ft (2,668 m)
- Density
- 1,172/sq mi (452.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-76795
- Website
- Town of Telluride
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Telluride geological map and location of historic mines Fall colors in Telluride. View from the ski area, 2010
Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. The first gold mining claim was made in the mountains above Telluride in 1875, and early settlement of what is now Telluride followed. The town was founded in 1878.
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