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Central Pueblo, Colorado
Central Pueblo, Colorado used to be a city in Colorado. It was incorporated 1882. It was one of 4 towns, South Pueblo, Colorado, Central Pueblo, Colorado, Bessemer, Colorado, and Pueblo, Colorado. South Pueblo, Colorado, and Central Pueblo were briefly consolidated as the City of Pueblo between March 9 and April 6 of 1886 It wasn't until 1894 when Bessemer city joined to create the modern city of Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, Pueblo County, Colorado .... References {{coord missing, Colorado Geography of Pueblo County, Colorado ...
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South Pueblo, Colorado
South Pueblo, Colorado used to be a city in Colorado. It was one of three towns, in addition to Central Pueblo and Bessemer, that were later incorporated into Pueblo, Colorado. History South Pueblo began as a neighborhood of makeshift homes arose in 1880 near the works under construction for a new steel mill—later to become Colorado Coal and Iron Company and, by 1892, Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I). The settlement was initially called Taylorville, named after the superintendent of construction, Col. W. W. Taylor. The company wanted the name changed so referred to the area as "Steelworks." In 1881, as more permanent dwellings were constructed, the corporation began to organize a town under the name of "Bessemer." The 1880 steel works were one of the projects of the Central Colorado Improvement Company, founded by General William J. Palmer in 1872, with plans "to purchase lands, minerals springs, coal and iron and other mines and quarries in Colorado Territory, and the ...
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Bessemer (Pueblo)
Bessemer, Colorado was a city in Colorado that was incorporated in 1886. The community was named after Henry Bessemer, an English inventor. It was one of four adjacent towns settled after the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859. The communities of South Pueblo, Central Pueblo, Pueblo, and Bessemer were later merged to create the modern City of Pueblo, Colorado. Bessemer was an independent city until 1894 and was the last city to join Pueblo. The former community of Bessemer is sometimes now referred to as the Bessemer neighborhood. Its also known as the Bessemer area. The Bessemer area is home to both Bessemer Academy (an elementary school) and Bessemer park. Geography The plat for Bessemer was recorded on 20 August 1886 with the Pueblo County Clerk. The town was bounded to the east by the steel mill, to the west by Prairie and Western avenues (now Pueblo Boulevard), south by Aqua Avenue and what's now called Lake Minnequa, and north by South Pueblo and River Road. Pueblo City planner W ...
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Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the List of municipalities in Colorado, ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The area is considered semi-arid desert land, with approximately of precipitation annually. With its location in the "Banana Belt", Pueblo tends to get less snow than the other major cities in Colorado. Pueblo is one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, for which reason Pueblo is referred to ...
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