Place:Lake, Colorado, United States

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NameLake
Alt namesCarbonatesource: Family History Library Catalog
Lakesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.217°N 106.333°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1861 - )
See alsoChaffee, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Gunnison, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Hinsdale, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
La Plata, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Ouray, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Leadville North
Twin Lakes
Inhabited place
Adelaide
Balltown
Birdseye
Brumley
Champion Mill
Climax
Everett
Leadville Junction
Leadville
Mount Massive Lakes
Oro
Resurrection Mill
Stringtown
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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'Lake County' is one of 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,436. The county seat and the only municipality in the county is Leadville. The highest natural point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4401.2 meters) elevation.

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History

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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. The county was named for Twin Lakes.

Placer gold was found at Colorado Gulch in 1863 as part of the Colorado Gold Rush.

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 County'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.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1869 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
1891 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 522
1880 23,563
1890 14,663
1900 18,054
1910 10,600
1920 6,630
1930 4,899
1940 6,883
1950 6,150
1960 7,101
1970 8,282
1980 8,830
1990 6,007
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lake County, Colorado, United States

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