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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.
1880: 17,406 [10] 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.
Colorado is divided into eight congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . The Territory of Colorado was represented by one non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from its organization on Thursday, February 2, 1861, until statehood on Tuesday, August 1, 1876.
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.
Garden of the Gods. / 38.8677690°N 104.8910877°W / 38.8677690; -104.8910877. Garden of the Gods ( Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3 acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [1] 862 acres (3.49 km 2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.
Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, was once a town, but it is now a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2] [3] It was founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859 and was involved in the mining industry, both as a supply ...
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 ...
Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.