enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Chaffee County, Colorado - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado

   Chaffee County has a confusing origin. Between February 8 and 10, 1879, Carbonate County was created by the Colorado legislature out of northern Lake County.On February 10 the two counties were renamed, with the southern part of Lake County becoming Chaffee County, and Carbonate County becoming Lake County.

3. Buena Vista Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buena_Vista_Correctional...

   The Buena Vista Correctional Facility, also known as Buena Vista Correctional Complex, is a state prison for men located in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, owned and operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The facility opened as an adult prison in 1978, and houses 871 inmates at medium and close security levels, along with ...

4. Salida, Colorado - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salida,_Colorado

   Salida (/ s ə ˈ l aɪ d ə / sə-LY-də; Spanish language: , "exit") is the Statutory City that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [8] The population was 5,666 at the 2020 census. [9]

5. List of counties in Colorado - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado

   The last county to be created under the Colorado Territory name was San Juan County, created three months before statehood. By the time Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876, it had only 26 counties. In January 1877, Routt and Ouray were formed, followed by Gunnison and Custer counties in March. In February 1879, Chaffee County was created.

6. Granite, Colorado - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite,_Colorado

   Granite, Colorado one-room school (with outhouse in the back), 1954. In 1954, 7th grade Granite student Juliann Horvath, a year young for her class because she had started school a year early, won the Chaffee County combined 7th and 8th grade spelling bee. Juliann was one of only three Granite 7th grade students, and the total school enrollment ...

7. List of Colorado counties by population - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colorado_counties...

   El Paso County with a 2023 population estimate of 744,215 remains the most populous county in Colorado, while Hinsdale County with a 2023 population of 765 is now the least populous county. Five of the 64 Colorado counties have more than 500,000 residents, while 12 have fewer than 5,000 residents. [a]