Counties in Colorado that I have Visited

There are 64 counties in Colorado – “The Centennial State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 47 Counties = 73.4% of Counties in Colorado

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.

---

Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Colorado

Markers designate the Colorado locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

---

Counties in Colorado

Below are the 64 counties in Colorado. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Adams County: Rock Bottom Brewery (Westminster); Rocky Mountain (Lutheran) High
2. Alamosa County: Highpoint Tripoint
3. Arapahoe County: Arapahoe Exclaves in Denver; Cherry Creek Reservoir; Follow the Letter
4. Archuleta County
5. Baca County: 37° north, 103° west confluence and CO-NM-OK Tripoint
6. Bent County
7. Boulder County: Oskar Blues Grill and Brew (Lyons)
8. Broomfield County: Smallest county in Colorado (27 square miles); Nighthawk Brewery; County Counter Extraordinaire
9. Chaffee County
10. Cheyenne County
11. Clear Creek County: Subterranean Continental Divide; Tommyknocker Brewery (Idaho Springs)
12. Conejos County
13. Costilla County: Highpoint Tripoint
14. Crowley County
15. Custer County
16. Delta County
17. Denver County: Largest county population in Colorado (554,636 people in 2000 Census); Denver Zoo; Denver’s Freaky Appendage; Rocky Mountain High; The Oddity that Got Away; Wynkoop Brewing Company (Denver)
18. Dolores County
19. Douglas County
20. Eagle County: Runaway Truck!
21. El Paso Countyy: Garden of the Gods; Pikes Peak
22. Elbert County
23. Fremont County: Ted’s Last Stand; Officially Tilde
24. Garfield County
25. Gilpin County: Center of Power
26. Grand County: Highest Contiguous Road in USA; Rocky Mountain National Park
27. Gunnison County
28. Hinsdale County
29. Huerfano County: Highpoint Tripoint
30. Jackson County
31. Jefferson County: Spice Trade Brewing
32. Kiowa County: Sand Creek Masacre
33. Kit Carson County
34. La Plata County: Durango & Silverton Railroad
35. Lake County: Independence Pass; Leadville; Highest Elevation Town in USA
36. Larimer County: The Stanley Hotel; Caribbean Paradox; NOT as the Crow Flies; Rocky Mountain High; Rocky Mountain National Park; Estes Park Brewery
37. Las Animas County: Largest county in Colorado (4,772 square miles).
38. Lincoln County: Punkin Center; Shaped Like it Sounds
39. Logan County
40. Mesa County
41. Mineral County: Digging for Minerals
42. Moffat County: COUTWY Tripoint
43. Montezuma County: Petroglyph Point Trail; Four Corners Reflections; Mesa Verde National Park; Four Corners; Footloose
44. Montrose County: Colorado-Utah Border Anomaly; Colorado’s Paradox; Exclamation Point
45. Morgan County
46. Otero County
47. Ouray County: Label Me Elmo; Comparison Nicknames
48. Park County: Going Postal; Highest Elevation Town in USA
49. Phillips County
50. Pitkin County: Aspen Brewing; Ashcroft Ghost Town; Independence Pass; Aspen; Cathedral Lake Trail; Wandering through Real Estate
51. Prowers County: Mainly Marathons
52. Pueblo County
53. Rio Blanco County
54. Rio Grande County
55. Routt County: Steamboat Springs; Fish Creek Falls; Where in the World?
56. Saguache County
57. San Juan County: Smallest county population in Colorado (558 people in 2000 Census).
58. San Miguel County
59. Sedgwick County: Colorado’s Remaining Corners; Transcontinental Clip
60. Summit County: Breckenridge; Baker’s Tank Trail; Subterranean Continental Divide
61. Teller County
62. Washington County: Last Chance
63. Weld County
64. Yuma County: Highest State Lowpoint

---

Quick Facts About Colorado

• Location: Mountain West United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 103,642 square miles. Colorado is the 8th largest state. The next larger state is Nevada and the next smaller state is Wyoming.
• Population⁽²⁾: 5,695,564 people. Colorado is the 21st most populous state. The next more populous state is Wisconsin and the next less populous state is Minnesota.
• Population Density: 55.0 people per square mile. Colorado is the 37th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Iowa and the next less densely populated state is Oregon.
• Bordering States: Colorado shares a border with 7 states: Wyoming, Utah, Arizona (at a single point), New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
• Admission to the Union: August 1, 1876. Colorado was the 38th state admitted to the Union, after Nebraska and before North Dakota.
• Capital: Denver.
• Highest Point: 14,440 feet at Mount Elbert. See SummitPost’s Mount Elbert page.
• Lowest Point: 3,350 feet at the Arkansas River in Prowers County.
• Government website: Colorado.gov.
• Official Tourism website: Colorado – Come to Life.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Colorado page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.