Place:Routt, Colorado, United States

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NameRoutt
Alt namesRouttsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.517°N 106.983°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1877 - )
See alsoMoffat, Colorado, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Summit, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Steamboat Springs Cemetery
Yampa Cemetery
Inhabited place
Battle Creek
Clark
Columbine
Dunckley
Egeria
Elkhead
Glen Eden
Hahns Peak
Hayden
Keystone
Mad Creek
Mc Gregor
Milner
Mount Harris
Mystic
Oak Creek
Pagoda
Phippsburg
Slavonia
Steamboat II
Steamboat Springs
Toponas
Trapper
Yampa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Routt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,829. The county seat is Steamboat Springs. Routt County comprises the Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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Placer gold was found near Hahns Peak in 1864 as part of the Colorado Gold Rush.

Routt County was created out of the western portion of Grand County on January 29, 1877. It was named in honor of John Long Routt, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. The western portion of Routt County was split off to form Moffat County on February 27, 1911.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1877 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1877 Marriage 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
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 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 140
1890 2,369
1900 3,661
1910 7,561
1920 8,948
1930 9,352
1940 10,525
1950 8,940
1960 5,900
1970 6,592
1980 13,404
1990 14,088
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Routt County, Colorado, United States

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