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| | Bent County, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Bent County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 6, 1874, when, created only four years earlier, was dissolved and divided between Bent and Elbert counties. |
| | In 1889, Bent County acquired its current borders when it lost much of its territory to the newly created Cheyenne, Lincoln, Kiowa, Otero, and Prowers counties. |
| | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,991 km²; (1,541 mi²). |
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