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Westcliffe is a statutory town that is the county seat of Custer County, Colorado, United States. [ 8 ] [ 2 ] At the 2020 U.S. Census , the population was 435. [ 6 ]
This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. State of Colorado. According to the Library of Congress, over 2,500 newspapers have been published in Colorado. The first Colorado newspaper was the Rocky Mountain News published in Denver from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. [1] [2]
Custer County was created by the Colorado legislature on March 9, 1877, out of the southern half of Fremont County. It was named in honor of Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who had died the previous year. Originally set in Ula, the county seat moved to Rosita in 1878, and to Silver Cliff in 1886 before settling in Westcliffe in 1928.
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The two towns in the valley are Westcliffe and Silver Cliff which are located side by side at an elevation of just under 8,000 feet (2,400 m). According to the U.S. census for 2020, Westcliffe has a population of 435 and Silver Cliff has a population of 609. [3] DeWeese Reservoir is near the two towns. The valley is known for its historic ranches.
KLZR (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Westcliffe, Colorado.The station is owned by Wet Mountain Broadcasting Corp. It airs a variety format and is staffed primarily by volunteers from the surrounding Wet Mountain Valley community.
Custer County High School is a public high school located in Westcliffe, Colorado, United States. Custer County School District is nestled between the Wet Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south central Colorado. It includes the neighboring towns of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe, with a county-wide population of 3,500.
Silver Cliff is located near the geographic center of Custer County. The town of Westcliffe is immediately adjacent to its west. The town is 54 miles (87 km) west of Pueblo, via Colorado State Highway 96. According to the United States Census Bureau, Silver Cliff has a total area of 15.5 square miles (40.1 km 2), all of it land. [5]