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719. FIPS code. 08-16000. GNIS feature ID. 2410198 [9] Website. coloradosprings .gov. Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. [6] It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.
1879: 5,000-5,500 [11] Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1859 [12] during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a resort town.
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region ( COPPeR) is a certified nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving El Paso and Teller counties. In February 2014, Andy Vick replaced Christina McGrath as COPPeR's executive director. [1] COPPeR receives funding from the city of Colorado Springs and from ...
79000599 [1] Added to NRHP. November 29, 1979. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum (sometimes called an open-air museum) and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through ...
Boundary increase. December 20, 2016. Glen Eyrie is an English Tudor-style castle built in 1871 by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. The castle is owned today by The Navigators, a worldwide Christian para-church organization based in the city. It is open for public tours and events and can be rented for private ...
Physical geography. Colorado Springs is located in the Pikes Peak area in El Paso County, along the Front Range [1] : 14 a forty-mile corridor from the city up to Fort Carson. [2] At the edge of the southern Rocky Mountains, [1] : 31 it is bordered by State, National Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management land.
The Colorado Springs Free Reading Room and Public Library began as a subscription library and housed about 8,000 volumes by 1903. In 1903, the Free Public Library of Colorado Springs was established to hold its growing collection. In 1905, the city of Colorado Springs opened a new free public library with the support of $60,000 in Carnegie ...
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs ( UCCS) is a public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [3] It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado system. As of Fall 2023, UCCS had over 11,431 students, including 9,540 undergraduates and 1,891 graduate students.