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Cañon City (/ ˈ k æ n j ən / KAN-yən) [8] is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. [1] [9] The city population was 17,141 at the 2020 United States Census. [5]
The Brookside, Colorado, post office operated from May 21, 1888, until March 15, 1909. [6] The Town of Brookside was incorporated in 1913. [1] Brookside postal addresses are now served by the Cañon City, Colorado post office (ZIP code 81212).
The Tunnel Drive Trail is an out-and-back hiking trail located in Cañon City, Colorado. The trail parallels and overlooks the Arkansas River and the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. [3] Popular with locals, the trail starts just inside the Cañon City city limits and then, crossing out of the city, it goes on State of Colorado and BLM land. [4]
Fremont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,939. [1] The county seat is Cañon City. [2] The county is named for 19th-century explorer and presidential candidate John C. Frémont.
Lincoln Park is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Lincoln Park CDP was 3,934 at the United States Census 2020. [3] The Cañon City post office (Zip Code 81212) serves the area. [4]
Park Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Park Center CDP was 2,953 at the United States Census 2020. [3] The Cañon City post office (Zip Code 81212) serves the area. [4]
On August 23, 1878, the United States Circuit Court for the District of Colorado found in favor of the Santa Fe and its proxy, the Cañon City and San Juan Company, allowing construction of a railroad through the first 20 miles (32 km) of the 50-mile (80 km) canyon, which includes the Royal Gorge. The Rio Grande was given the right to lay track ...
In January 2016, the Royal Gorge Company of Colorado paid the city a record high $2.1 million lease payment. Attendance in 2015 was the highest in the park's history at nearly 350,000 visitors. The attendance figure represented an increase of 20% from the attendance of about 292,000 in 2012, the last full year of operations before the 2013 fire ...