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The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m).
This is a list of the highest elevation towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. This list includes both incorporated municipalities and census-designated places included in the 2020 United States Census. The highest 82 places on this list are included in the List of cities in the United States by elevation.
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .
Laurette, Colorado Territory in 1864.. This is a chronological list of the highest elevation town in the United States from 1849 to present. [1] This list includes both incorporated municipalities [2] [3] [4] and unicorporated communities with a post office.
Highest incorporated town in California is Mammoth Lakes at an elevation of 7,920 feet (2,410 m) 10,578 feet (3224 m) Alma Colorado: The town limits of Winter Park (9052 feet (2759 m)) extend to 12,060 feet (3676 m). [8] Alma is the highest incorporated city at 10,578 feet (3224 m). [9]
The highest point in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains as a whole is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m). Of the 64 Colorado counties, 20 counties rise above 14,000 feet (4,267 m) elevation, 32 counties rise above 13,000 feet (3,962 m), 42 counties rise above 10,000 feet (3,048 m), and all 64 Colorado counties ...
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado.. The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
Using administrative boundaries as a measure, not settled areas, in 2006 Winter Park, Colorado became the highest incorporated town due to its annexation of a ski area. [11] Beyond the official limits of Alma is a residential area which extends to 11,680 feet (3,560 m) above sea level on Mountain View Drive; this area uses Fairplay, Colorado ...