Jefferson County Colorado
Colorado Cares events
Jefferson County ... This is only a partial listing of Colorado Cares Day projects in your county. If you do not see a project for you to work on, call 1-800-VOLUNTEER or contact the Colorado Cares office at 1-866-333-2202, or e-mail governors.commission@cccs.edu . ... County where project will take place ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
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Congressman Mark Udall - Jefferson County
Though Jefferson County has the largest population of any county in the state, only a small, but important, portion resides in the Second Congressional District. The Communities of Arvada and Wheat Ridge, and portions of Broomfield and Golden constitute the bulk of the 2 nd CD’s Jeffco populace. Named for our third president, Thomas Jefferson, the county housed Colorado’s second capitol in Golden from 1862-1867, when Denver was established as the permanent government seat. One of Colorado’s original counties, Jefferson County has hosted some of the West’s most colorful figures, including William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill-buried on Lookout Mountain above Golden), Alferd Packer and members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. It has a population of 515,200 people and is 777 miles square. Useful County Links ... [Read More]
Congressman Mark Udall - About Our District - Jefferson County
Though Jefferson County has the largest population of any county in the state, only a small, but important, portion resides in the Second Congressional District. The Communities of Arvada and Wheat Ridge, and portions of Broomfield and Golden constitute the bulk of the 2 nd CD’s Jeffco populace. Named for our third president, Thomas Jefferson, the county housed Colorado’s second capitol in Golden from 1862-1867, when Denver was established as the permanent government seat. One of Colorado’s original counties, Jefferson County has hosted some of the West’s most colorful figures, including William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill-buried on Lookout Mountain above Golden), Alferd Packer and members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. It has a population of 515,200 people and is 777 miles square. Useful County Links ... [Read More]
Colorado MapStats from FedStats
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Congressman Mark Udall - About Our District
Colorado’s 2 nd Congressional District is a wonderful and diverse place to live. It’s geography ranges from the valley encompassing Denver’s northwestern suburban communities to the uninhabited peaks of the Continental Divide. The 2 nd CD includes all of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit, Grand, Eagle, Broomfield and Boulder Counties and portions of Jefferson, Weld, and Adams Counties. Above, you can see where the 2 nd CD is located within Colorado and what it includes. Please take some time to learn a little about the area I’ve chosen to call home for over 20 years. ... [Read More]
Colorado State Inheritance Tax Information Indexes - Jefferson County
The following index was compiled from the official record of Inheritance Tax Recordsfiled in the Jefferson County, County Court during the years 1913-1945. The informationcontained in the record generally shows the name of the estate, date of filing, casenumber, name of the deceased, date of death, a description of real and personal property,value of the estate, tax liability due and names of next of kin. ... [Read More]
Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations
Permanent files were transcribed with each record being placed on a registration card.Information was gathered county by county from all sources possible. In conjunction withinvestigation of burial plots and cemetery records, the research included many publicrecords, newspaper files, city and county records, assessors books, church records,morticians records, records of service and patriotic organizations, contact with friendsand relatives of the deceased veterans and county histories when available. Serviceconnections were checked with the Official Roster of Colorado Soldiers who served in theCivil War, local records of the Grand Army of the Republic and rosters of the the otherstates in the Union (3). ... [Read More]
Colorado State Government History
JEFFERSON COUNTY (1861) Took its name from the unofficialJefferson Territory, the extra-legal government thatpreceded the Colorado Territory. The name was adopted in honor ofPresident Thomas Jefferson. ... ARCHULETA COUNTY (1885) Named in honor of AntonioD.Archuleta, who was the Senator from Conejos County when it was divided to form Archuleta county. ... ALAMOSA COUNTY (1913) Formed from the northern portions of Conejos and Costilla counties. Alamosa is a Spanish word meaning "cottonwood grove". Spanish pioneers gave the name to a creek within the existing county. The name was next given to the town and finally to the county. ... [Read More]
Colorado QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Select a county Adams County Alamosa County Arapahoe County Archuleta County Baca County Bent County Boulder County Chaffee County Cheyenne County Clear Creek County Conejos County Costilla County Crowley County Custer County Delta County Denver County Dolores County Douglas County Eagle County Elbert County El Paso County Fremont County Garfield County Gilpin County Grand County Gunnison County Hinsdale County Huerfano County Jackson County Jefferson County Kiowa County Kit Carson County Lake County La Plata County Larimer County Las Animas County Lincoln County Logan County Mesa County Mineral County Moffat County Montezuma County Montrose County Morgan County Otero County Ouray County Park County Phillips County Pitkin County Prowers County Pueblo County Rio Blanco County Rio Grande County Routt County Saguache County San Juan County San Miguel County Sedgwick County Summit County Teller County Washington County Weld Coun ... [Read More]
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