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Golden, Colorado
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Downtown Golden, Colorado
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Motto:
"Where the West Lives"
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Coordinates:
39°44′49″N
105°12′39″W
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39.74694°N 105.21083°W
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39.74694; -105.21083
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Country
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United States
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State
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Colorado
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County
| Jefferson County seat
[1]
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Founded
| June 16, 1859,
[2]
as Golden City,
Kansas Territory
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Incorporated
| January 3, 1871,
as Golden City,
Colorado Territory
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Named for
| Thomas L. Golden
[3]
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? Type
| Home Rule Municipality
[1]
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? Total
| 9.727 sq mi (25.193 km
2
)
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? Land
| 9.634 sq mi (24.953 km
2
)
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? Water
| 0.093 sq mi (0.240 km
2
)
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Elevation
| 5,675 ft (1,729.74 m)
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? Total
| 20,399
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? Density
| 2,117/sq mi (817/km
2
)
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Metro
| 2,963,821 (
19th
)
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CSA
| 3,623,560 (
17th
)
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Front Range
| 5,055,344
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Time zone
| UTC?07:00
(
MST
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? Summer (
DST
)
| UTC?06:00
(
MDT
)
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ZIP Codes
| 80401-80403, 80419, 80439
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Area codes
| Both
303
and
720
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FIPS code
| 08-30835
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GNIS feature ID
| 0202837
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Interstate highway
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U.S. highways
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State highways
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Website
| www
.cityofgolden
.net
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Golden, Colorado
is a city in the
US
state of
Colorado
. It is the
county seat
of
Jefferson County, Colorado
.
[5]
It was founded on June 16, 1859 during the
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
. Golden City was the
capital
of the
Territory of Jefferson
from 1860 to 1861, and the capital of
Colorado Territory
from 1862 to 1867. In 1867, the capital was moved to
Denver City
.
In 2020, there were 20,399 people living in Golden.
[4]
- ↑
1.0
1.1
1.2
"Active Colorado Municipalities"
.
Colorado Department of Local Affairs
. Retrieved
October 18,
2021
.
- ↑
Western Mountaineer
, December 7, 1859 and
Colorado Transcript
, May 30, 1894 and June 15, 1905.
- ↑
Colorado Transcript
, May 19, 1904.
- ↑
4.0
4.1
4.2
"Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data"
.
United States Census Bureau
,
United States Department of Commerce
. August 12, 2021
. Retrieved
October 5,
2021
.
- ↑
"Find a County"
. National Association of Counties
. Retrieved
2008-01-31
.