Place:Douglas, Colorado, United States

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NameDouglas
Alt namesDouglassource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.333°N 104.95°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1861 - )
See alsoElbert, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Acres Green
Carriage Club
Castle Pines
Cottonwood
Franktown
Heritage Hills
Highlands Ranch
Louviers
Meridian
Perry Park
Roxborough Park
Sedalia
Stonegate
The Pinery
Westcreek
Inhabited place
Beverly Hills
Castle Rock
Deckers
Greenland
Happy Canyon
Hilltop
Kellytown
Larkspur
Lone Tree
Moonridge
Nighthawk
Palmer Lake
Parker
Pine Nook
Shamballah-Ashrama
Silver Heights
Sprucewood
Twin Cedars
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 357,978. The county seat is Castle Rock.

Douglas County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado, metropolitan statistical area. It is located midway between Colorado's two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs, and contains a portion of Aurora, the state's third-largest city. Douglas County has the highest median household income of any Colorado county or statistical equivalent. It is ranked seventh nationally in that category.

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History

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Douglas County was one of the original 17 counties created in the Colorado Territory by the Colorado Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861. The county was named in honor of U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, who died five months before the county was created. The county seat was originally Franktown, but was moved to California Ranch in 1863, and then to Castle Rock in 1874. Although the county's boundaries originally extended eastward to the Kansas state border, in 1874, most of the eastern portion of the county became part of Elbert County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1863 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1864 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1894 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 1,388
1880 2,486
1890 3,006
1900 3,120
1910 3,192
1920 3,517
1930 3,498
1940 3,496
1950 3,507
1960 4,816
1970 8,407
1980 25,153
1990 60,391
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Douglas County, Colorado, United States

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