Jefferson County, Colorado - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jefferson County whose slogan is the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains", is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties

Colorado counties

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of the State of Colorado

Colorado

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of the United States

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. Located along the Front Range

Front Range

The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the north-central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered moving west along the 40th parallel north across...

of the Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...

, Jefferson County is adjacent to the west side of the state capital, Denver

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

. The county population was 534,543 according to the 2010 census. The county seat

County seat

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is Golden

Golden, Colorado

The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was...

and the most populous city is Lakewood

Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fifth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 172nd most populous city in the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that in April 1, 2010...

. Jefferson County is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area

Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area

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. As of 2002, Jefferson County contains the state's center of population

Center of population

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.

Jefferson County is commonly nicknamed Jeffco. The name Jeffco is incorporated in the name of the Jeffco School District, the Jeffco Business Center Metropolitan District No. 1, and several businesses located in Jefferson County. Jeffco is also incorporated in the unofficial monikers of many Jefferson County agencies. The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport operated by Jefferson County was previously known as the Jeffco Airport.

A major employer in Jefferson County is the large Coors Brewing Company

Coors Brewing Company

The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Canadian Molson Coors Brewing Company and is the third-largest brewer in the United States...

in Golden. Also, the state-supported Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines

The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...

is located in Jefferson County, offering programs in mining

Mining

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and engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

.

Jefferson County is where the Columbine High School massacre

Columbine High School massacre

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...

of 1999 occurred.

History

On August 25, 1855, the Kansas Territorial Legislature

Kansas Legislature

The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, composed of 125 Representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 Senators...

created Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory

Arapahoe County was a county of the United States Territory of Kansas that existed from 1855-08-25, to 1861-01-29.-History:On 1855-08-25, the Kansas Territorial Legislature created Arapahoe County to govern the western portion of the Territory of Kansas...

to govern the entire western portion of the territory. The county was named for the Arapaho Nation of Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

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that lived in the region.

In July 1858, gold

Gold

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was discovered along the South Platte River

South Platte River

The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...

in Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory

(in present day Englewood

Englewood, Colorado

The city of Englewood is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. As of 2007, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,532. Englewood is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. Englewood is located in the South Platte River Valley east of the...

). This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of Kansas and Nebraska, so they voted to form their own Territory of Jefferson on October 24, 1859. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory, including Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Jefferson Territory

Jefferson County was a county of the extralegal United States Territory of Jefferson that existed from November 28, 1859, until February 28, 1861. Its territory covered a broad swath surrounding the region of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, and was a functioning democratically elected government until...

. Jefferson County was named for the namesake of the Jefferson Territory, Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...

and the nation's third president

President of the United States

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. Golden City served as the county seat

County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

of Jefferson County. Robert Williamson Steele

Robert Williamson Steele

Robert Williamson Steele was Governor of the extralegal Territory of Jefferson, which existed in the western United States of America from 1859 to 1861, when it was replaced by the Territory of Colorado.-Early life:...

, Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

of the Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson from 1859 to 1861, built his home in the county at Mount Vernon and later at Apex.

The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but during his last week in office, President James Buchanan

James Buchanan

James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....

signed an act which organized the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861. That November 1, the new Colorado General Assembly

Colorado General Assembly

The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado.-Constitutional definition:The Colorado Constitution establishes a system of government based on the separation of powers doctrine with power divided among three "departments": executive, legislative and judicial...

organized the 17 original counties of Colorado, including a new Jefferson County. In 1908, the southern tip of Jefferson County was transferred to Park County

Park County, Colorado

Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. 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. The geographic center of the State of Colorado is...

, reducing Jefferson County to its present length of 54 miles (86.9 km). Several annexations by the City & County of Denver

Denver, Colorado

and the 2001 consolidation of the City & County of Broomfield

Broomfield, Colorado

The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The...

removed eastern portions of the county.

Geography

The dimensions of the county are 54 miles (86.9 km) north to south and between 4–18 mi (6.4–29 km) west to east. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 778.06 square miles (2,015.2 km²), of which 772.09 square miles (1,999.7 km²) (or 99.23%) is land and 5.97 square miles (15.5 km²) (or 0.77%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Jefferson County borders ten adjacent counties, the most of any Colorado county:

Boulder County
Boulder County, Colorado
Boulder County is the sixth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county seat is Boulder. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is the City of Boulder...

- north
City and County of Broomfield
Broomfield, Colorado
The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The...

- northeast
Adams County
Adams County, Colorado
Adams County is the fifth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the county population was 441,603 in 2010 census, a 21.4% increase since 2000 census. Adams County is named for Alva Adams, Governor of the...

- east
City and County of Denver - east
Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County, Colorado
As of the census of 2000, there were 487,967 people, 190,909 households, and 125,809 families residing in the county. The population density was 608 people per square mile . There were 196,835 housing units at an average density of 245 per square mile...

- east
Douglas County
Douglas County, Colorado
Douglas County is the eighth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado, in the United States. The county is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities: Denver and Colorado Springs...

- east
Teller County
Teller County, Colorado
Teller County is the 22nd most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 20,555 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Cripple Creek, and the most populous city is Woodland Park...

- south
Park County
Park County, Colorado
Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. 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. The geographic center of the State of Colorado is...

- southwest
Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County, Colorado
Clear Creek County is one of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 9,322 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Georgetown...

- west
Gilpin County
Gilpin County, Colorado
Gilpin County is the second least extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Gilpin County was named after Colonel William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado. The county population was 4,757 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Central City...

- northwest

Recreational areas

Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Apex Park
Centennial Cone Park
Clear Creek Canyon Park
Coal Creek Canyon
Crown Hill Park
Crown Hill Park
Crown Hill Park is a recreation area operated by Jefferson County Open Space in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The park is located between the cities of Wheat Ridge and Lakewood. Within the borders of the park is a National Urban Wildlife Refuge...
Deer Creek Canyon Park
Elk Meadow Park
Elk Meadow Park
Elk Meadow Park is a park and trail system in Evergreen, Colorado managed by Jefferson County Open Space. This program began acquiring these ranchlands in 1977 to create the extensive protected area, which is made larger by adjacent public lands...
Fairmount Trail
Flying J Ranch Park
Hildebrand Ranch Park
Hiwan Homestead Museum
Lair o' the Bear Park
Lewis Meadows Park
Lookout Mountain Nature Center
Matthews/Winters Park
Meyer Ranch Park
Mount Falcon Park
Mount Galbraith Park
Mount Glennon
Mount Lindo
North Table Mountain Park
Pine Valley Ranch Park
Ranson/Edwards Homestead Ranch
Reynolds Park
South Table Mountain Park
South Valley Park
South Valley Park
South Valley Park is Jefferson County Open Space located in Jefferson County west of Ken Caryl, Colorado. The Front Range park established in 1999 has of hiking trails. Horse and bicycle travel is allowed on...
Standley Lake Regional Park
Van Bibber Park
Welchester Tree Grant Park
White Ranch Park
Windy Saddle Park
Urban Trails

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 527,056 people, 206,067 households, and 140,537 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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was 683 people per square mile (264/km²). There were 212,488 housing units at an average density of 275 per square mile (106/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.59% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.89% Black

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or African American

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, 0.75% Native American

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, 2.28% Asian

Race (United States Census)

, 0.08% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

, 3.23% from other races

Race (United States Census)

, and 2.18% from two or more races. 9.95% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

or Latino

Race (United States Census)

of any race.

There were 206,067 households out of which 33.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were married couples

Marriage

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living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 24.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 32.10% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 9.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $57,339, and the median income for a family was $67,310. Males had a median income of $45,306 versus $32,372 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the county was $28,066. About 3.40% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.80% of those under age 18 and 5.10% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

U.S. Highway 6
U.S. Highway 40
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 in Colorado
Interstate 70 is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from Cove Fort, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland. In Colorado, the highway traverses an east–west route across the center of the state. In western Colorado, the highway connects the metropolitan areas of Grand...
State Highway 470
Colorado State Highway 470
State Highway 470 is the southwestern portion of the Denver Metro area's beltway. Originally planned as Interstate 470 in the 1960s, the beltway project was attacked on environmental impact grounds and the interstate beltway was never built...

Cities

Arvada
Arvada, Colorado
The City of Arvada is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties in the Denver metropolitan area of the U.S. State of Colorado. Olde Town Arvada is located northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver...

(mostly)
Edgewater
Edgewater, Colorado
The City of Edgewater is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Edgewater is located on the northwest side of Denver, in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population is 5,170...
Golden
Golden, Colorado
The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was...

(County Seat)
Lakewood
Lakewood, Colorado
Lakewood is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fifth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 172nd most populous city in the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that in April 1, 2010...
Littleton
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...

(partially)
Westminster
Westminster, Colorado
Westminster is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Westminster is a northwest suburb of Denver. The Westminster Municipal Center is located north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol. The United States Census Bureau that the city population...

(partially)
Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
The City of Wheat Ridge is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Wheat Ridge is a western suburb of Denver. The Wheat Ridge Municipal Center is approximately west-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver...
Evergreen, Colorado
Evergreen, Colorado
Evergreen is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Evergreen is roughly west of Denver. The population was 9,038 at the 2010 census...

Towns

Bow Mar
Bow Mar, Colorado
The town of Bow Mar is a Statutory Town in Arapahoe and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Bow Mar is part of the Denver Metropolitan Area. The population was 847 at the 2000 census.-History:...
Lakeside
Lakeside, Colorado
The Town of Lakeside is a Statutory Town in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, northwest of, and adjacent to, the City and County of Denver. The population was 8 at the 2010 census, making Lakeside the least populous incorporated town in the State of Colorado...
Morrison
Morrison, Colorado
The historic Town of Morrison is a Home Rule Municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 430 at the 2000 census...
Mountain View
Mountain View, Colorado
The Town of Mountain View is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Mountain View is situated northwest of, and adjacent to, the City and County of Denver. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the town population was 529 on 2005-07-01...
Superior
Superior, Colorado
Superior is a Statutory Town in Boulder and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. According to United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,308 on 2005-07-01.-History:...

(partially)

Unincorporated Census Designated Places

Applewood
Applewood, Colorado
Applewood is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,160 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Applewood is located at ....
Aspen Park
Aspen Park, Colorado
Aspen Park is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 882 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Aspen Park is located at ....
Columbine
Columbine, Colorado
Columbine is a census-designated place in Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located mostly in Jefferson County, it lies immediately west of Littleton....
Conifer
Conifer, Colorado
Conifer is an unincorporated town in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Conifer is located along U.S. Route 285 in the foothills West of Denver. The Conifer Post Office has the ZIP Code 80433.-History:...
East Pleasant View
East Pleasant View, Colorado
East Pleasant View is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, in the United States. The population was 356 at the 2010 census.-Geography:East Pleasant View is located at ....
Evergreen
Evergreen, Colorado
Evergreen is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Evergreen is roughly west of Denver. The population was 9,038 at the 2010 census...
Genesee
Genesee, Colorado
Genesee is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,609 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Genesee is located at ....
Indian Hills
Indian Hills, Colorado
Indian Hills is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado. The population was 1,197 at the 2000 census. The Indian Hills Post Office has the ZIP Code 80454.-Geography:...
Ken Caryl
Ken Caryl, Colorado
Lockheed Martin and its predecessor, Martin Marietta, operate a facility located in Ken Caryl Valley.-In popular culture:In the South Park episode Trapped in the Closet, a reference is made to FunPlex, an amusement center in Ken Caryl, though it has since been renamed Fun City.-External links:*...
Kittredge
Kittredge, Colorado
Kittredge is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 954 at the 2000 census. The Kittredge Post Office has the ZIP Code 80457.-History:Kittredge is the home of former U.S. Senator and U.S...
West Pleasant View
West Pleasant View, Colorado
West Pleasant View is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,932 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Pleasant View is located at ....

Government and infrastructure

The Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood

Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood

The Federal Correctional Institution Englewood is a Federal Bureau of Prisons low security facility for male offenders, located in unincorporated Jefferson County. FCI Englewood is located off of U.S. Route 285 and Kipling Street, southwest of Denver...

is in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

Jefferson County.

National forests and wilderness

Pike National Forest
Pike National Forest
The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, USA, west of Colorado Springs and including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties. The major rivers draining the forest are the South Platte...
Roosevelt National Forest
Roosevelt National Forest
The Roosevelt National Forest is a National Forest located in north central Colorado. It is contiguous with the Colorado State Forest as well as the Arapaho National Forest...
Lost Creek Wilderness
Lost Creek Wilderness
The Lost Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in central Colorado in Jefferson and Park counties south of the town of Bailey. The area is situated entirely within the boundaries of the Pike National Forest....

National wildlife refuge

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located approximately 16 miles northwest of Denver, Colorado. The site was previously occupied by the Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear weapons production facility...
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge is one of the smallest units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge is located in the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The refuge consists of of land, including of uplands, of wetlands, and 3 small ponds...

Recreational trails

American Discovery Trail
American Discovery Trail
The American Discovery Trail is a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. It starts on the Delmarva Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and ends on the northern California coast on the Pacific Ocean, and is signed on over of trail. This includes the doubled...
Apex National Recreation Trail
Big Dry Creek National Recreation Trail
Colorado Trail
Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail is a long trail running from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango in Colorado, United States. Its highest point is above sea level, and most of the trail is above...
Platte River Greenway National Recreation Trail
Two Ponds National Recreation Trail

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History

Geography

Adjacent counties

Recreational areas

Demographics

Transportation

Cities

Towns

Unincorporated Census Designated Places

Government and infrastructure

National forests and wilderness

National wildlife refuge

Recreational trails

See also

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