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Alamosa County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- March 8, 1913
- Named after
- Spanish language word for a grove of cottonwood trees
- Seat
- Alamosa
- Largest city
- Alamosa
- Total
- 723 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Land
- 723 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,688
- Density
- 22.7/sq mi (8.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- alamosacounty .colorado .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Contains
- Alamosa
- Capital
- Alamosa
- Population
- 16376
- Area
- 1874
- Shares border with
- Rio Grande County
- Official website
- www.alamosacounty.org
- Image
- Alamosa County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 6240
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- Commons category
- Alamosa County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Alamosa County, Colorado
- inception
- 1913-03-08
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alamosa County, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Alamosa County
- different from
- Alamosa
- per capita income
- 23020
- topic has template
- Template:Alamosa County, Colorado
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Encyclopedic overview
Alamosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,376. The county seat is Alamosa. The county name is the Spanish language word for a grove of cottonwood trees.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alamosa County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.