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The largest park in El Paso County is the 1,680-acre (680 ha) Cheyenne Mountain State Park, which is located in the southern end of Colorado Springs. Its terrain varies from prairie grassland and scrub oak to Douglas fir and ponderosa pine on the peaks at the western side of the park.
Post office Current county ZIP Code Date opened Date closed Abarr: Yuma: 80759 Feb 26, 1923 Nov 30, 1947 Abbey [a]: Pueblo: May 29, 1891 Dec 31, 1914
The Cheyenne Mountain Highway, also called Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, [1]: 1, 7:1 is a road in Colorado Springs, Colorado [2] that begins at the intersection of Penrose Boulevard, Old Stage Road, and West Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard. [3] [a] It is a paved road to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. Thereafter, it ...
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Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. [6] It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.
Colorado Springs is 70 miles south of Denver, which has the largest population of any city in Colorado. Colorado Springs has the largest area of any city in the state, with 194.87 square miles (504.7 km 2) in 2013. [6] Of that, 132 square miles (340 km 2) is developed land. [1]: 32 It has 16,331 parkland acres and 7,431 street land miles. [6
The first school in Colorado Springs was organized by Mary Mellen "Queen" Palmer, wife of city founder William Jackson Palmer, in late 1871. Classes were first held in a home on the northeast corner of Cascade Avenue and Bijou Street, rented by Mrs. Palmer for the school. [2] School District 11 was established in August 1872.
The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Rock Creek Park CDP was 68 at the United States Census 2020. [3] The Colorado Springs post office (Zip Code 80926) serves the area. [4]