Place:Jackson, Colorado, United States

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NameJackson
Alt namesJacksonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.667°N 106.333°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1909 - )
See alsoLarimer, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
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Brocker Place
Brownlee
Coalmont
Cowdrey
Fort Boettcher
Gould
Howard Place
Old Homestead
Pearl
Rand
Spicer
Stelbars Lindland
Walden
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,379, and it was the fourth least populated in the state. The county seat and only municipality in the county is Walden.

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History

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Most of Jackson County is a high relatively broad intermontane basin known as North Park, which covers . This basin opens north into Wyoming and is rimmed on the west by the Park Range and Sierra Madre Range, on the south by the Rabbit Ears Range and the Never Summer Mountains, and on the east by the Medicine Bow Mountains. Elevations range from 7,800 to above sea level and is home to the head waters of the North Platte River. The term park is derived from parc, the French word for game preserve. At one time North Park was filled with herds of deer, antelope and buffalo. There were so many buffalo in the area the Ute Tribe gave North Park the name "Bull Pen." Now deer, elk, and cattle vie for the same area.

In November 1861, Colorado set up 17 counties for the state, including Larimer County. This was where Jackson County would be carved out of in 1909. Before then, both Grand and Larimer Counties claimed the North Park area. In the beginning, no one paid much attention to North Park because it was hunting grounds of the Ute and Arapaho Indians. They fiercely defended these lands and the white settlers were often afraid to venture in. When valuable minerals were discovered in North Park, Grand County claimed it as part of their county because they wanted the revenue it would provide. The residents didn't care much because the county seat for Grand County was closer than the one in Larimer County, and all official business needed to be done at the county seat. But Larimer also claimed this county and it was contested all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court. In 1886 the court decided in favor of Larimer. This did not make the North Park residents very happy and they pushed for their own county until Jackson was formed.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1909 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1909 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1910 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1910 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
1910 1,013
1920 1,340
1930 1,386
1940 1,798
1950 1,976
1960 1,758
1970 1,811
1980 1,863
1990 1,605
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Jackson County, Colorado, United States

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