Teller County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state
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of
Colorado
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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 24,710.
The
county seat
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is
Cripple Creek,
and the most populous city is
Woodland Park.
Teller County is included in the
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
, CO
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
History
A few years after gold was discovered in
Cripple Creek, political differences between area miners and mine owners, many of whom lived in
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
, resulted in the division of
El Paso County.
[Elizabeth Jameson, ''All That Glitters—Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek'', 1998, page 168.] Created in 1899, Teller County was carved from the western slope of
Pikes Peak
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, and was named after United States Senator
Henry M. Teller. Within five years of its formation, Teller County became the scene of a dramatic labor struggle called the
Colorado Labor Wars
The Colorado Labor Wars were a series of labor strikes in 1903 and 1904 in the U.S. state of Colorado, by gold and silver miners and mill workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). Opposing the WFM were associations of m ...
.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) is water.
Adjacent counties
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Douglas County - north
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Jefferson County - north
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El Paso County - east
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Fremont County - south
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Park County - west
Major Highways
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U.S. Highway 24
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State Highway 67
National protected areas
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Cripple Creek National Historic District
Cripple Creek Historic District is a historic district including Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States and is significant for its gold mining era history. It developed as a gold mining center beginning in 1890, with a number of buildings from ...
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The Florissant Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation outcropping around Florissant, Teller County, Colorado. The formation is noted for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and ...
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Pike National Forest
The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and ...
State protected area
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Mueller State Park
Mueller State Park is a Colorado state park encompassing of land outside Divide, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The park offers many outdoor activities. There are of trails, biking, camping year-round, hunting, hiking, and ho ...
Trails and byways
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American Discovery Trail
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Gold Belt Tour National Scenic and Historic Byway
The Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway is a National Scenic Byway, a Back Country Byway, and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Fremont and Teller counties, Colorado, USA. The byway is named for the Gold Belt mining region ...
Historic places
* See
List of National Register of Historic Places Listings in Teller County
Demographics
At the
2000 census there were 20,555 people in 7,993 households, including 5,922 families, in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile (14/km
2). There were 10,362 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile (7/km
2). The
racial makeup
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of the county was 94.92% White, 0.55% Black or African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. 3.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,993 households 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.20% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 19.60% of households were one person and 4.00% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.94.
The age distribution was 25.90% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 31.20% from 25 to 44, 29.80% from 45 to 64, and 7.50% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 102.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.90 males.
The
median income
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for a household in the county was $50,165, and the median family income was $57,071. Males had a median income of $37,194 versus $26,934 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,412. About 3.40% of families and 5.40% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 6.90% of those under age 18 and 4.20% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Communities
Cities
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Cripple Creek
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Victor
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Arts and entertainment
Film
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Woodland Park
Town
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Green Mountain Falls (partly in
El Paso County)
Census-designated places
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Divide
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Florissant
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Goldfield
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Midland
Unincorporated communities
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Crystola (Partly in
El Paso
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
county)
Gallery
Image:Microcline-20436.jpg, Amazonite
Amazonite, also known as Amazonstone, is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline. Its chemical formula is KAlSi3O8, which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Its name is taken from that of the Amazon Rive ...
crystal, from Crystal Peak area near Florissant
Image:Teller County Colorado Mountains 18.jpg, Mountains in Teller County
Image:Teller County Colorado Mountains 4.jpg, A ranch home with an airplane in the county
Image:Downtown Cripple Creek Colorado.jpg, Casinos in Cripple Creek
Image:Dome rock meuller.jpg, Dome Rock, Mueller State Park
Mueller State Park is a Colorado state park encompassing of land outside Divide, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The park offers many outdoor activities. There are of trails, biking, camping year-round, hunting, hiking, and ho ...
See also
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Outline of Colorado
*
Index of Colorado-related articles
This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado.
0–9
* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
* 6th Principal Meridian
* 10-mile Range
* 10th ...
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Colorado census statistical areas
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Front Range Urban Corridor
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References
External links
Teller County Profile & Community Bulletin BoardTeller County Government websiteTeller County Information & LinksTeller County Online Yellow PagesTeller County Real Estate InformationColorado Historical Society
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Colorado counties
1899 establishments in Colorado
Populated places established in 1899