Jackson County, Colorado

Jackson County is the third least densely populated of the of the  of the. The county population was 1,577 at. . The  is.

History
Most of Jackson County is a high relatively broad intermontane basin known as which covers 1613 square miles. This basin opens north into Wyoming and is rimmed on the west by the, on the south by the , and on the east by the. Elevations ranges from 7,800 to 12,953 feet above sea level and is home to the head waters of the. The term park is derived from parc, the French word for game preserve. At one time North Park was filled with herds of deer, antelope and buffalo. As a matter of fact there were so many buffalo in the area the gave North Park the name "Bull Pen". Now deer, elk and cattle vie for the same area.

In November of 1861 Colorado set up 17 counties for the state, with as one of these. This was where county Jackson County would be carved out of in. But before then both Grand and Larimer Counties claimed the North Park area. In the beginning no one paid much attention to North Park because it was the hunting grounds of the and  Indians. They fiercely defended these lands and the white settlers were often afraid to venture in. When valuable minerals were discovered in North Park, Grand County claimed it as part of their county because they wanted the revenue it would provide. The residents didn't care much because the county seat for Grand County was closer than the one in Larimer County, and all official business needed to be done at the county seat. But Larimer also claimed this county and it was contested all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court. In the court decided in favor of Larimer. This did not make the North Park residents very happy and they pushed for their own county until Jackson was formed.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,198 (1,621 ). 4,178 km² (1,613 sq mi) of it is land and 20 km² (8 sq mi) of it (0.48%) is water.

Jackson County contains the 71,000 acre.

Adjacent Counties

 * - northeast
 * - east
 * - southeast
 * - west
 * - northwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,577 people, 661 households, and 442 families residing in the county. The was 0/km² (1/sq mi). There were 1,145 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.20%, 0.25% or , 0.76% , 0.06% , 1.46% from , and 1.27% from two or more races. 6.53% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 661 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 28.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 29.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 101.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,821, and the median income for a family was $37,361. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $18,417 for females. The for the county was $17,826. About 10.30% of families and 14.00% of the population were below the, including 22.50% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.

Former Towns

 * Brownlee
 * Hebron
 * Old Homestead
 * Owl
 * Pearl
 * Spicer
 * Teller City
 * Zirkel

External link

 * Jackson County