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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 community was originally named Grommet. The Grommet, Colorado, post office opened on May 03, 1904, but the name was changed to Oxford on January 13, 1908. [6] The townsite map was recorded November 3, 1909 by The Oxford Land and Townsite Co. alongside the Denver & Rio Grande RR by J.M. Denning. The Oxford post office closed on Nov 30, 1954. [6]
It is located in the Bodo State Wildlife Area, 1.2 miles (2 km) southwest of the community of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. Smelter Mountain rises over 1,200 ft (370 m) above the town, and the lower slope of the mountain was home to the Durango smelter , hence the name of the mountain.
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Category: Geography of La Plata County, Colorado. 4 languages. ... (Durango, Colorado) This page was last edited on 17 July 2011, at 21:47 (UTC). Text ...