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Colorado Events
- Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
- Wikimedia US Mountain West Winter 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, February 10, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MST
- Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2025 online meeting, Tuesday, May 12, 2025, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
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Colorado Facts
- Date admitted to Union: August 1, 1876 (38th State)
- Demonym: Coloradan
- Capital: Denver
- Elected state officers:
- Governor: Jared Polis (D) (2019–)
- Lieutenant Governor: Dianne Primavera (D) (2019–)
- Secretary of State: Jena Griswold (D) (2019–)
- Treasurer: Dave Young (D) (2019–)
- Attorney General: Phil Weiser (D) (2019–)
- Colorado General Assembly:
- Colorado Senate:
- D-23 R-11 1 Vacant (2025–2027)
- Colorado House of Representatives:
- D-43 R-22 (2025-2027)
- Colorado Senate:
- Colorado Supreme Court:
- Monica Márquez, Chief Justice (2024–)
- Brian Boatright (2011-)
- William Hood, III (2014–)
- Richard Gabriel (2015–)
- Melissa Hart (2017–)
- Carlos Samour, Jr (2018–)
- Maria Berkenkotter (2021–)
- U.S. Senators:
- Class 2. John Hickenlooper (D) (2021–)
- Class 3. Michael Bennet (D) (2009–)
- 1. Diana DeGette (D) (1997–)
- 2. Joe Neguse (D) (2019–)
- 3. Jeff Hurd (R) (2025-)
- 4. Lauren Boebert (R) (2025-)
- 5. Jeff Crank (R) (2025-)
- 6. Jason Crow (D) (2019–)
- 7. Brittany Pettersen (D) (2023-)
- 8. Gabe Evans (R) (2025–)
- Total area: 104,094 square miles (269,602 km2) (eighth most extensive state)
- Highest elevation: Mount Elbert 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m) (third highest state)
- Mean elevation: 6,800 feet (2,070 m) (highest state)
- Lowest elevation: Arikaree River 3,317 feet (1,011 m) (highest state)
- Population (2020 census): 5,773,714 (21st most populous state)
- Population density: 55.47 per square mile (21.40 km−2) (39th most densely populated state)
- Number of counties: 64 counties (including two consolidated city and county governments)
- Number of municipalities: 273 municipalities, comprising 2 consolidated city and county governments, 73 cities, and 198 towns
- Time zone: MST=UTC−07, MDT=UTC−06
- USPS code: CO
- ISO 3166 code: US-CO
- Adjacent U.S. states: Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah (tied for third most)
- State government website: Colorado.gov
- State tourism website: Colorado.com
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The U.S. State of Colorado has 20 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and ten micropolitan statistical areas in Colorado. The most populous of these statistical areas is the 12-county Denver–Aurora–Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area with a United States Census Bureau estimated population of 3,752,505 as of July 1, 2024. (Full article...)
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Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 – December 28, 2010) was an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted of one murder, and linked to at least six more in a series of crimes that stretched across the contiguous United States between 1978 and 2002. Due to his use of many aliases, most notably "Bob Evans", Rasmussen is known as the Chameleon Killer.
An electrician by profession, Rasmussen left New Hampshire in 1981 with girlfriend Denise Beaudin, who subsequently disappeared; he is suspected of killing her. Rasmussen also abducted Beaudin's daughter and fled to California. He deserted the child in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. Rasmussen died in prison after being convicted of the 2002 murder of another girlfriend, Eunsoon Jun. (Full article...)
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National Parks in Colorado
The 23 national parks in Colorado:
- Amache National Historic Site
- Arapaho National Recreation Area
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Browns Canyon National Monument
- Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
- Chimney Rock National Monument
- Colorado National Monument
- Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
- Curecanti National Recreation Area
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Mesa Verde National Park and World Heritage Site
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Yucca House National Monument
Interesting facts-
- The Gunnison River is the longest river entirely within Colorado at 164 miles (264 km).
- Colorado is known as the Mother of Rivers because it holds the headwaters of the Colorado River, Arkansas River, Rio Grande, Canadian River, North Platte River, San Juan River, South Platte River, Smoky Hill River, Cimarron River, Yampa River, Gunnison River, White River, Dolores River, Laramie River, Little Snake River, Purgatoire River, Rio Chama, Cache la Poudre River, Huerfano River, Arikaree River, San Miguel River, Roaring Fork River, Animas River, Uncompahgre River, Apishapa River, Eagle River, Big Thompson River, Mancos River, Conejos River, Blue River, Piedra River, and many more.
- No point in Colorado is less than 466 miles (750 km) from the sea.
- The Continental Divide splits Colorado into a Western Slope draining to the Pacific Ocean and an Eastern Slope draining to the Atlantic Ocean.
- The waters of Colorado flow either to the Gulf of California (Mar de Cortés) via the Colorado River (Rio Colorado) or to the Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) via either the Mississippi River or the Rio Grande {Rio Bravo del Norte).
- The Sangre de Cristo Mountains divide the waters flowing to the Arkansas River from the waters flowing to the Rio Grande and the San Luis Closed Basin.
- Colorado has two Cimarron rivers. The eastern Cimarron River flows into the Arkansas River, while the western Cimarron River flows into the Gunnison River.
- The Rio Grande, known as the Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico, is the longest river originating in Colorado at 1,896 miles (3,051 km).
Did you know (auto-generated) -
- ... that Donald Trump would "much prefer not having a picture than having this one"?
- ... that Ruben A. Valdez, a high-school dropout, became the speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives?
- ... that a volunteer quipped of a Colorado TV station: "We broadcast to more ears of corn and heads of cattle than any other station"?
- ... that environmental journalist Gloria Dickie wrote her thesis on how cities in Colorado changed garbage laws to prevent bear incursions?
- ... that Ivan Ivan played for the Eagles and the Eagles?
- ... that the No. 1–ranked 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers, "college football's nerdiest contender", featured players with pigtails and a drawn-on blue mustache, a friar's haircut, and Harry Potter cosplay?
- ... that the 1976 Big Thompson River flood took place several hours before Colorado's 100th anniversary of statehood?
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