POPULATION OF COLORADO BY COUNTIES-Concluded. Showing Per Cent. of Increase and Decrease. These figures are furnished by the United States Census Bureau and show an increase in population during the past decade of 127,502, or 30.9 per cent. 40 TERRITORIAL CHANGES SINCE 1870. The following territorial changes in counties have been made since 1870: Arapahoe-Taken to form Adams, Denver and South Arapahoe in 1901. Baca-Organized from part of Las Animas in 1889. Bent-Organized from part of Greenwood in 1874; parts taken to form Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lincoln, Otero and Prowers in 1889. Chaffee-Part annexed to Fremont in November, 1899. Cheyenne-Organized from parts of Bent and Elbert in 1889. Conejos-Part taken to form Archuleta in 1885. Delta-Organized from part of Gunnison in 1883. Dolores-Organized from part of Ouray in 1881. Eagle-Organized from part of Summit in 1883. Elbert-Organized from part of Greenwood in 1874 and parts taken to form Cheyenne, Kit Carson and Lincoln in 1889. El Paso-Part taken to form Teller in 1899. Fremont-Part taken to form Teller in 1899 and part of Chaffee annexed in November, 1899. Garfield-Organized from part of Summit in 1883; part taken to form Rio Blanco in 1889. Greenwood-Taken to form Bent and Elbert in 1874. Gunnison-Parts taken to form Pitkin in 1881 and Delta, Mesa and Montrose in 1883. Hinsdale-Part' taken to form part of Mineral in 1893. Kit Carson-Organized from part of Elbert in 1889. La Plata-Part' taken to form Montezuma in 1889. Las Animas-Part taken to form Baca in 1889. Lincoln-Organized from parts of Bent and Elbert in 1889. Logan-Organized from part of Weld in 1887; parts taken to form Phillips and Sedgwick in 1889. 1893. Mesa-Organized from part of Gunnison in 1883. Mineral-Organized from parts of Hinsdale, Rio Grande and Saguache in Montezuma-Organized from part of La Plata in 1889. Montrose-Organized from part of Gunnison in 1883. Morgan-Organized from part of Weld in 1889. Otero-Organized from part of Bent in 1889. Ouray-Parts taken to form Dolores in 1881 and San Miguel in 1883. Phillips-Organized from part of Logan in 1889. Pitkin-Organized from part of Gunnison in 1881. Prowers-Organized from part of Bent in 1889. Rio Blanco-Organized from part of Garfield in 1889. Rio Grande-Part taken to form part of Mineral in 1893. |