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Park County
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county in Colorado, United States
Park County is a county located in Colorado that covers a mountainous region of the state. It matters as part of Colorado's local government structure, serving as an administrative division that provides services and governance to its residents.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 1, 1861
- Seat
- Fairplay
- Largest town
- Fairplay
- Total
- 2,211 sq mi (5,730 km )
- Land
- 2,194 sq mi (5,680 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,314
- Density
- 7.926/sq mi (3.060/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .parkco .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- South Park
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Capital
- Fairplay
- Population
- 17390
- Area
- 5726
- Shares border with
- Summit County
- Official website
- www.parkco.us
- Image
- Park County Courthouse, July 2016.jpg
- Households
- 6987
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- Commons category
- Park County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Park County, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Park County
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- different from
- Parke County
- social media followers
- 1284
- per capita income
- 38042
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Encyclopedic overview
Park County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,390. The county seat and largest incorporated town is Fairplay, while the unincorporated community of Bailey is the largest settlement overall. The county was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early fur traders and trappers in the area. Park County is included in the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. A majority of the county lies within the boundaries of the South Park National Heritage Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Park County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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