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The Colorado State Fair is an event held annually in late August in Pueblo, Colorado. The state fair has been a tradition since October 9, 1872. [1] The fairgrounds also host a number of other events during the rest of the year. Organizationally, the fair is one of the divisions of the Colorado Department of Agriculture. [2]
City or town Description 1: La Plata County Fairgrounds: La Plata County Fairgrounds: August 12, 1991 (#91001031) July 23, 2001: 2500 Main Ave. Durango: Parts relocated or demolished in 1999 and 2000. [6]
Colorado counties. There are more than 1,500 properties and historic districts in the U.S. State of Colorado listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are distributed over 63 of Colorado's 64 counties; only the City and County of Broomfield currently has none.
La Plata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,638. [1] The county seat is Durango. [2] The county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the silver" in Spanish. La Plata County comprises the Durango, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. [3] [4]
It is the fifth-smallest county in Colorado by area. The county is located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Though it has the highest mean elevation of any county in the United States, at 11,240 feet (3,430 m), none of Colorado's 53 fourteeners (mountains at least 14,000 feet in elevation) are in San Juan County. [11]
In its early history Montezuma County favored the Democratic Party. It was one of the few counties in the West to be won by Alton B. Parker in 1904, and along with neighboring La Plata County was one of only two Colorado counties to give a plurality to John W. Davis in the three-way 1924 election.
Parrott City [bm] La Plata County, Colorado Territory La Plata County, Colorado: January 31, 1876 1881 Pueblo [c] Fountain County, Jefferson Territory * November 28, 1859 June 6, 1861 Pueblo County, Colorado Territory Pueblo County, Colorado: November 1, 1861 present Red Cliff Redcliff [aq] Eagle County, Colorado: February 11, 1883 1921 Rico [am]
Hinsdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 788, [1] making it the second least-populous county in Colorado. With a population density of only 0.71 inhabitants per square mile (0.27/km 2), it is also the least-densely populated county