Everything about Lake County Colorado totally explained
Lake County is one of the
64 counties of the
State of Colorado of the
United States. The highest point in Colorado and the entire
Rocky Mountains is the summit of
Mount Elbert in Lake County at 4401.2 meters (14,440 feet) elevation. The county population was 7,812 at
U.S. Census 2000. The
county seat and the only
municipality in the county is the
City of Leadville. The
Edwards Micropolitan Statistical Area comprises
Eagle County and Lake County.
History
Lake County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on
November 1,
1861. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. It was named for the Twin Lakes in the area.
Lake County slowly lost territory over the succeeding decades, losing land in its southeast to
Saguache County in 1866 and
Hinsdale County in 1874; in its southwest to
La Plata County in 1874 and
San Juan County in 1876, and in its west to
Ouray and
Gunnison counties in 1877.
With its many reductions in size, Lake Counie's designated county seat also changed multiple times within just a few years, residing successively in
Oro City (from 1861),
Lourette (from 1863),
Dayton (from 1866), and
Granite (from 1868).
By 1878, Lake County had been reduced to an area including only present-day Lake and
Chaffee counties. On
February 8,
1879, the Colorado legislature renamed Lake County as
Carbonate County, although this designation name only lasted for two days, until Chaffee County was split off from Carbonate's southern section on
February 10 and the remaining northern portion was redesignated Lake County with its current county seat of Leadville.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 384
square miles (994
km²), of which, 377 square miles (976 km²) of it's land and 7 square miles (18 km²) of it (1.83%) is water.
Adjacent counties
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 7,812 people, 2,977 households, and 1,914 families residing in the county. The
population density was 21 people per square mile (8/km²). There were 3,913 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 77.60%
White, 0.18%
Black or
African American, 1.25%
Native American, 0.31%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 17.99% from
other races, and 2.62% from two or more races. 36.14% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 2,977 households out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.70% were
married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.70% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 12.80% from 18 to 24, 33.10% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 6.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 115.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $37,691, and the median income for a family was $41,652. Males had a median income of $30,977 versus $24,415 for females. The
per capita income for the county was $18,524. About 9.50% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over.
Cities and towns
Climax
Leadville
Leadville North
Oro City
Twin Lakes
Historic sites
Healy House State History Museum and Dexter Cabin
Leadville National Historic District
Recreation area
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
National forest and wilderness
San Isabel National Forest
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Holy Cross Wilderness
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
Mount Massive Wilderness
Trails
American Discovery Trail
Colorado Trail
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
Mineral Belt National Recreation Trail
Scenic byway
Top of the Rockies National Scenic BywayFurther Information
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