Place:Ouray, Colorado, United States

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NameOuray
Alt namesOuraysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Uncompahgresource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.15°N 107.767°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1877 - )
See alsoConejos, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Dolores, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lake, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
San Miguel, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Loghill Village
Inhabited place
Camp Bird
Colona
Dallas
Eldredge
Guston
Ironton
Ouray
Portland
Red Mountain
Ridgeway
Ridgway
Sneffels
Thistledown
Vance Place
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Ouray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,874. The county seat is Ouray. Because of its rugged mountain topography, Ouray County is also known as the Switzerland of America.

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History

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Ouray County was formed out of San Juan County on 18 January 1877, the first county designated by the newly formed Colorado State Legislature. It was named for Chief Ouray, a distinguished Ute Indian chief. Ouray was designated county seat on 8 March 1877. On 19 February 1881, Dolores County was formed out of Ouray County.

On 27 February 1883, Ouray County was split into San Miguel County and what is currently Ouray County. The portion that became San Miguel County almost retained the name Ouray County when the Colorado General Assembly initially renamed Ouray County as Uncompaghre County. Four days later on 2 March 1883, the General Assembly changed its mind and changed the name of Uncompaghre County back to Ouray County.


The Ouray County Courthouse was constructed in Ouray in 1888 and is located on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association (SJDMA) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight-hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters. The new association consolidated the power of thirty-six mining properties in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan counties. The SJDMA refused to consider any reduction in hours or increase in wages, helping to provoke a bitter strike.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1877 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1881 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 2,669
1890 6,510
1900 4,731
1910 3,514
1920 2,620
1930 1,784
1940 2,089
1950 2,103
1960 1,601
1970 1,546
1980 1,925
1990 2,295
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Ouray County, Colorado, United States

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