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Elbert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,062. [1] The county seat is Kiowa and the largest town is Elizabeth. [2] Elbert County is included in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Elbert is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Elbert post office has the ZIP Code 80106. [4]
Mount Elbert, the highest summit of Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m), is located in Lake County. The lowest point in Colorado is where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County and into Kansas , at 3,317 feet (1,011 m) elevation.
Elizabeth is a Statutory Town that is the most populous municipality in Elbert County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 1,675 at the 2020 United States Census, a +23.34% increase since the 2010 United States Census. [4]
Kiowa is located in western Elbert County at (39.344207, −104.462714), [11] on the east side of Kiowa Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the South Platte Colorado State Highway 86 passes through the town, leading east 44 miles (71 km) to Limon and west 23 miles (37 km) to Castle Rock.
Ponderosa Park is located on the western border of Elbert County. [5] It is bordered to the southeast by the town of Elizabeth. Colorado State Highway 86 forms the southern edge of the CDP, leading east 9 miles (14 km) to Kiowa, the county seat, and west 7 miles (11 km) to Franktown.
Matheson is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Matheson post office has the ZIP Code 80830. [4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Matheson CDP was 79. [3]
Simla is located in southern Elbert County at (39.140746, -104.082836 It lies to the south of Big Sandy Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Arkansas River. U.S. Route 24 passes through the town, leading southwest to Colorado Springs and northeast 24 miles (39 km) to Limon.