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Gunnison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census , the population was 16,918. [ 1 ] The county seat is Gunnison . [ 2 ]
Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. [1] [6] The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States Census. [3] The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. [7]
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Crystal (also known as Crystal City) is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Marble and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Crested Butte. Crystal was a mining camp established in 1881 and after several decades of ...
Transportation in Gunnison County, Colorado (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Gunnison County, Colorado" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The mountain ranks as the 34th-highest peak in Gunnison County. [1] The peak is located seven miles (11 km) north-northeast of Taylor Park Reservoir in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, on land managed by Gunnison National Forest.
Vulcan, Colorado, circa 1896. Vulcan was the most productive mining town to appear along the Gunnison Gold Belt, a gold-rich greenstone belt that spans over 25 miles (40 km) across southern Gunnison County and adjacent Saguache County. Multiple gold strikes resulted in mining operations and short-lived mining camps throughout the belt.
The Almont, Colorado, post office opened on March 6, 1882. [5] In the late 19th century, miners in the area brought their ore to Almont, where it was transported by train to Gunnison . [ 6 ] In its present form, the town consists of two four-season resorts and a small year-round population.