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The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m).
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains, in the Rocky Mountains, and in Western North Carolina. However, since many ...
This is a list of the highest elevation towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. This list includes both incorporated municipalities and census-designated places included in the 2020 United States Census. The highest 82 places on this list are included in the List of cities in the United States by elevation.
Unincorporated; highest incorporated city is Marfa, elevation 4,685 feet 9800 feet (2987 m) Brian Head Utah [42] 1555 feet (474 m) Northside subdistrict, Saint Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands [43] [44] The highest point of the U.S. Virgin Islands is Crown Mountain, located in the Northside subdistrict on Saint Thomas island.
Enlargeable map of the 50 U.S. states by mean elevation. This list includes the topographic elevations of each of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. [1] The elevation of a geographic area may be stated in several ways. These include: The maximum elevation of the area (high point); [a]
Laurette, Colorado Territory in 1864. This is a chronological list of the highest elevation town in the United States from 1849 to present. [1] This list includes both incorporated municipalities [2] [3] [4] and unicorporated communities with a post office. [5] [6]
Kruševo is the highest town/ city in North Macedonia. The highest settlement in North Macedonia is Plakje near Ohrid, however it only has a population of 4. 94 Turkmenistan: Hojapil: Lebap Province: 1,346 4,416 96 Laos: Phongsali: Phongsali Province: 1,334 4,379 97 Jordan: Shoubak: Ma'an Governorate: 1,330 4,360 98 Botswana: Kanye: Southern ...
[b] This list uses the "mean of extremes" elevation which is the arithmetic mean of the highest and lowest elevations. Lake County, Colorado has the highest U.S. county mean elevation of 11,702 feet (3,567 m). Lake County is the home of Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, the two highest summits of the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada.