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Gilpin County Profile and Visitor
Information
Welcome to beautiful Gilpin County, Colorado! Gilpin County is a rural community
in Colorado’s high country, neighboring the Continental Divide, yet less than
an hour west of downtown Denver. Residents enjoy a quality of life enhanced
by the vast recreational opportunities offered by Golden Gate State Park,
the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, the limited-stakes gaming in
Black Hawk and Central City, a state-of-the-art recreation center and
fairgrounds, low taxes and financially secure local government.
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Gilpin County Brochure
Location: North Central Colorado
Square Miles: 150
Population: 5,441
Founded: 1861
Cities:
City of Black Hawk, and the City of
Central
County Seat: Central City
Historic District: Central City/Black Hawk National
Historic District |
State Park: Golden
Gate Canyon State Park
National forest and wilderness:
Local Nature Trails
Arapaho & Roosevelt National
Forest,
James Peak Wilderness
Scenic trail and byway: Continental Divide National
Scenic Trail, Peak to Peak Scenic and Historic Byway
Gilpin Historical Society
Central City Opera
Adjacent Counties:
Boulder County, Colorado, north
Jefferson County, Colorado, east
Clear Creek County, Colorado, west
Grand County, Colorado, west |
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