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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. La Plata County comprises the Durango, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The Durango Micropolitan Statistical Area is defined as La Plata County, Colorado. The Micropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 43,941 at the 2000 Census. A July 1, 2009 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,464. [1] The Durango Micropolitan Statistical Area includes the City of Durango, the Town of Bayfield, the Town ...
Location of La Plata County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in La Plata County, Colorado.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
Durango is known worldwide for the Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad, a heritage railroad that operates what was the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Branchline to the historic mining town of Silverton, Colorado, also still notably using historic D&RGW Steam Locomotives and other historic rail equipment.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and ten micropolitan statistical areas in Colorado. [1] As of 2023, the most populous of these statistical areas is the Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO CSA , comprising the area around Colorado's capital and largest city of Denver .
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."
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It continues east to Durango, where it intersects US 550. After overlapping with US 550 south of Durango, US 160 turns east and meets US 84 at Pagosa Springs. It then goes northeast and crosses the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, the area made popular in 1975 in C.W. McCall's album Wolf Creek Pass. [1] US 160 in La Veta Pass