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FIPS code. 08-22035. GNIS feature ID. 2410374 [ 3] Website. www .durangogov .org. Durango is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. [ 1] The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census. [ 5] Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College .
Website. co .laplata .co .us. La Plata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,638. [ 1] The county seat is Durango. [ 2] The county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the silver" in Spanish .
Designated NHL. July 4, 1961. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally-designated National Historic Landmark and was also ...
Durango–La Plata County Airport (IATA: DRO [3], ICAO: KDRO, FAA LID: DRO) is a city- and county-owned public airport 12 miles southeast of Durango, in La Plata County, Colorado. [ 1 ] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a non-hub ...
San Juan Mountains. / 38.07167°N 107.45389°W / 38.07167; -107.45389. The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado.
The geography of the U.S. State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas. Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the United States Congress defined the boundaries of the new Territory of Colorado exclusively by lines of latitude and longitude, stretching ...
Colorado Trail Browns Pass [h] 11,998 feet 3,657 m ... Colorado Travel Map; Colorado highway conditions; Colorado Tourism Office; History Colorado;
Main Avenue Historic District in Durango, Colorado is a 34-acre (14 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.. According to its 1980 NRHP nomination, it was deemed significant "because it represents the essence and core of both the evolution and development of business and commerce in the most important town in southwestern Colorado."