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Ouray County
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county in Colorado, United States
Ouray County is a county located in southwestern Colorado in the United States. It is part of Colorado's mountainous San Juan region and serves as an important area for outdoor recreation, mining history, and local governance in the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- January 18, 1877
- Named after
- Chief Ouray
- Seat
- Ouray
- Largest city
- Ridgway
- Total
- 542 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 542 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,265
- Density
- 9/sq mi (3.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .ouraycountyco .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Chief Ouray
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Capital
- Ouray
- Population
- 4874
- Area
- 1405
- Shares border with
- Hinsdale County
- Highest point
- Mount Sneffels
- Official website
- www.ouraycountyco.gov
- Image
- Ouray County Courthouse in Ouray, Colorado.JPG
- Households
- 2259
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- Commons category
- Ouray County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Ouray County, Colorado
- inception
- 1877-01-18
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Ouray County
- per capita income
- 41481
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ouray County, Colorado
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Encyclopedic overview
Ouray County (/ˈjʊəreɪ/) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 4,874. The county seat is Ouray. Because of its rugged mountain topography, Ouray County is known as the "Switzerland of America".
History
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