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  Huerfano County, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huerfano County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.
In the county the population is spread out with 20.90% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $25,775, and the median income for a family is $32,664.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado   (363 words)

  
 Huerfano County, Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Huerfano County is a county located in the U. Huerfano County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.
As of the census of 2000, there are 7,862 people, 3,082 households, and 1,920 families residing in the county.
The racial makeup of the county is 80.96% White, 2.75% African American, 2.70% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 9.41% from other races, and 3.71% from two or more races.
www.termsdefined.net /hu/huerfano-county,-colorado.html   (580 words)

  
 Huerfano County, Colorado - info, facts, communities on Key to the City
The county is bounded on the north by Custer County and Pueblo County.
Costilla County is on the west and south with Alamosa County and Saguach County on the west.
Huerfano was formed in 1861 and when it was formed, it included all of present day Huerfano County, Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Otero, Prowers, Crowley, the west half of Kiowa, and the southern part of Pueblo counties.
www.usacitiesonline.com /cohuerfanocounty.htm   (502 words)

  
 Huerfano County Colorado Demographics - Southern Colorado Economic Development District
Huerfano County lies along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains of southeastern Colorado.
Walsenburg is the County Seat and is located at the intersection of Interstate 25, Highway 160, highway 69 and Colorado 10.
Above Gardner the headwaters for the Huerfano River flow from the east side of Blanca Peak, rising 14,345 feet in elevation.
www.scedd.com /huerfano/index.htm   (428 words)

  
 Intro to Custer County Geology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Promontory Divide marks the boundary between Custer and Huerfano counties and also divides the Wet Mountain Valley on the north from Huerfano Park to the south.
The foundation of that scenery is the county's geologic record, a record that includes a variety of rocks and sediments.
The county is part of the Southern Rocky Mountain Province, a region consisting primarily of north-south mountain ranges with cores of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks.
www.uni.edu /~andersow/intro_to_custer_county_geo.htm   (1520 words)

  
 Trinidad Colorado, An Old West Victorian Town in Southern Colorado
Huerfano County was one of the original 17 counties when Colorado became a state in 1876.
At that time it encompassed parts of what are now Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Bent, Costilla and the southern part of Pueblo Counties.
The county and the Huerfano River are named after the butte.
www.trinidadco.com /Main/Walsenburg.asp   (188 words)

  
 Huerfano County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
They are born to parents who have the time and the resources to nurture them, they attend good schools, live in safe neighborhoods, and know their family doctors by name.
Huerfano County's graduation rate is on the rise and one of the state's best at over 95%.
While the AFDC rate for the county has declined since 1991, it is one of the highest rates in Colorado.
www.coloradokids.org /counties/huerfano.htm   (223 words)

  
 Huerfano County EMS @ Firehouse.com Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Huerfano County EMS is an ALS ambulance service that proudly serves the citizens of Huerfano County in Southern Colorado.
We are the primary transport and response agency in the county.
Huerfano County is located in south central Colorado east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, south of the Wet Mountains, north of the Spanish Peaks, and stretching eastward to the rim of the Arkansas River Valley.
cms.firehouse.com /dept/WalsenburgCO   (332 words)

  
 Colorado State Judicial Branch - Huerfano County Combined Court Jury Information
If you receive a summons for a relative who longer resides with you, who has enrolled in college, or who has enlisted in the military, please complete the jury summons on their behalf and return it to the Jury Commissioner in order for them to be excused.
You reside in the county from which you have been summoned.
You do not have to be a legal resident to serve, as long as you reside in the county from which you have been summoned.
www.courts.state.co.us /districtii/03rd/jurytablehuerfano1.html   (1258 words)

  
 Huerfano Network - Information for Citizens & Friends of Huerfano, County
This includes efforts to preserve the existing beauty throughout the county, the quiet serenity, the coexistence of animals, plants and people in this area.
Our county is one of the few unspoiled areas in the country and want this area to remain as it is for generations yet to come.
But it can occur in a planned, conscientious manner that balances the needs of industry and the needs of the county to have revenue with the needs of the people and the environment.
www.geocities.com /huerfanocitizen   (554 words)

  
 03-1348 -- Gonzales v. Martinez -- 04/14/2005
Instead, viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to her, as we must, it may be fairly inferred Sheriff Salazar's purported ignorance of the dangerous conditions in the jail was a direct result of his lackadaisical attitude toward his responsibility to run the institution.
She asserted the County owed her a duty "to employ competent law enforcement officers and to supervise the conduct of its sheriff and Chief Jail Administrator." That is not a valid premise under Colorado law.
Her second claim for negligent supervision against Sheriff Salazar and Huerfano County is subsumed within the first.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2005/04/03-1348.htm   (3603 words)

  
 SLV Winter Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Huerfano County (Perkins) Fri January 9, 1998, 5:20 pm Costilla County, SLV CO AN1 Witness e-mailed the following report Jan 10: "Just last night my daughter and her friend and parent were coming home from basketball practice and mentioned that on.
Duration of sigjhting about "30 seconds." Saguache/Alamosa County (O'Brien) SAME DAY Thur January 8, 1998 between 10 and 11 am Huerfano County La Veta MOA Witness reported "20 to 30A" jets criss-crosing the Huerfano in a grid pattern, 25-year resident witness claimed this aerial manuevering was "highly unusual," even in the MOA.
Huerfano County (Perkins) Wed January 7, 1998, 5:45 pm to 3:00 am Farasita, CO La Veta MOA Massive aerial activity reported by four witnesses.
www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/jan/m24-006.shtml   (1634 words)

  
 Spanish Peaks Board of Realtors
Huerfano, (pronounced WAR-FA-NO), County welcomes you to the land of “History, Mystery and Fascination.
Huerfano means ‘orphan,’ and a lone volcanic protrusion can be seen for miles on the bank of the Huerfano River in I-25 this little volcanic cone never reached productive adulthood, but gives some idea of the immense volcanic activity that gave the landscape in Huerfano County it’s fascinating and picturesque characteristics.
Come and visit … and plan to stay for a while to explore the beauty of Southern Colorado’s ‘Orphan County.’ From the pleasant summer evenings among the Pinon and pine to the mystery of the plains on a warm afternoon you can be sure to be intrigued by the scenic vistas you will find.
www.spanishpeaksmls.com /Huerfano.html   (203 words)

  
 Huerfano County Index
Huerfano County was one of the original 17 counties in what we know of as the State of Colorado.
Huerfano was formed in 1861 and encompassed all of present day Huerfano County, Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Otero, Prowers, Crowley, the west half of Kiowa, and the southern part of Pueblo counties.
All of the records from 1861 (formation of Huerfano) to 1866 (formation of Las Animas) will be found in Huerfano.
kmitch.com /Huerfano   (568 words)

  
 Education America - Teaching and other educational jobs from all over the U.S.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Walsenburg, Colorado is the county seat of Huerfano County.
It was Fred who opened the first coal mine in the county just west of town in 1876.
The county Medical Center and VA Nursing Home are just across the road from Lathrop SP.
www.educationamerica.net /browse.phtml?sid=co&eid=561&page=info   (264 words)

  
 Huerfano County Chamber of Commerce - Walsenburg - South Central Colorado
Huerfano County Chamber of Commerce - Walsenburg - South Central Colorado
Copyright by The Colorado Directory, Inc. This is a directory only; it is not and does not contain a recommendation,warranty, guaranty, inducement or endorsement of any kind.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher.
www.coloradodirectory.com /huerfanochamber   (135 words)

  
 Colorado County Evolution, Pictorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
At that time Conejos County was called Guadalupe County, but within a couple years had become known by its current name.
Greenwood took part of Huerfano county, and Pueblo also took a bit of Huerfano county.
Huerfano county took the southern half of Fremont county as a consolation for losing so much of the eastern part of the state.
www.stanwyck.com /cogenweb/cocounties.html   (391 words)

  
 STATS Indiana - USA Counties IN Profile
Overview for Huerfano County, CO Huerfano County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
The population of this county is 35.1% Hispanic (of any race).
USA Counties IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators.
www.stats.indiana.edu /uspr/a/usprofiles/08/us_over_sub_pr08055.html   (236 words)

  
 Pueblo County index
Pueblo County is one of the original Colorado counties.
In 1866 part of Huerfano County was added to the southeast corner.
The group of adobe houses built at the site of the present City of Pueblo in 1841-1842 came to be known as "the pueblo".
www.kmitch.com /Pueblo/index.html   (575 words)

  
 USGenWeb Archives: Huerfano County Colorado Table of Contents
Huerfano County is one of the original Colorado counties.
In 1866, the southern part was split off to form Las Animas County.
In 1870 Huerfano was divided again; the eastern part went to Bent County,
www.rootsweb.com /~usgenweb/co/huerfano.htm   (370 words)

  
 Area Information from Spoon River Real Estate, La Veta and Cuchara, Colorado
Huerfano County is located between Las Animas County and Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado.
The topography of the county is that of a fractured mountain plateau falling from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the west to the Arkansas River Valley on the east.
A significant part of the county is occupied by the San Isabel National Forest.
www.spoonriverrealestate.com /areainfo.htm   (287 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Alamosa County, Colo.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/CO/AL.html   (533 words)

  
 Huerfano County book 1
It is in the Huerfano County Clerk's office and notated as "Book 1".
Determined that the County seat would be located at Fort Union crossing of the Huerfano from Greenhorn.
Deed from Juan Ortega of Taos County to Andrew J. Calhoun of Mora County, a section of land known as the Purgatoire Grant of Cornelio Vigil and Ceran St. Vrain, dated 11-5-1860
www.kmitch.com /Huerfano/book1.html   (3646 words)

  
 Huerfano County Walsenburg, Colorado (Counties)
The county seat of Huerfano County, Colorado, is Walsenburg.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 6,802, an increase of 793 over the 1990 census.
For information on county government, contact the National Association of Counties Web site.
www.ohwy.com /co/y/y08055.htm   (75 words)

  
 SPCA - Sponsors
The Huerfano County Branch of the First National Bank in Trinidad is a community-minded local bank and a charter financial sponsor of Spanish Peaks Cycling and the Stonewall Century Ride.
SPRHC is committed to health and wellbeing of all Huerfano County residents.
Dale F. Zinn and Associates have assisted Huerfano County and the Town of La Veta in historical renovation and open space planning.
www.spcycling.org /sponsors.htm   (323 words)

  
 La Veta, Colorado, at the foot of the Spanish Peaks and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
These days the town has become known throughout Colorado as an artist colony, although there are still plenty of cattle ranchers and an elk rancher or two.
One branch of the Santa Fe Trail led westward into the San Luis Valley via the Sangre de Cristo Pass in northwestern Huerfano County.
In 1862, a former sutler with the US Army at Fort Garland, Col. John M. Francisco, and Judge Henry Daigle built Fort Francisco on land purchased from the Vigil-St. Vrain Land Grant, significantly south and west of most of the San Luis Valley-bound traffic.
sangres.com /places/laveta.htm   (568 words)

  
 Fremont County, Colorado GenWeb
Fremont County is one of the original Colorado counties.
The county is named for famed explorer, Captain John Fremont, who arrived in 1843.
Fremont County's scenic canyons, hot springs and hospitable climate began attracting film makers as early as 1910 when cowboy star, Tom Mix starred in a silent film produced by the Selig Film Company.
www.rootsweb.com /~cofremon   (665 words)

  
 About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cities: Walsenburg is the county seat, La Veta is 20 miles south west of Walsenburg, Cuchara, (unincorporated), is 15 miles south of La Veta and Gardner, (unincorporated is 25 miles northwest of Walsenburg.
Economic factors: CCA, Huerfano County Correctional Facility, employs 185, Spanish Peaks Regional Health and Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home employs 260, Huerfano County School District Re-1 employs 160 and Re-2 employs 50, The County employs 135 and The Cities each about 25-40.
Remnants of the coal mines and camps are still evident throughout the county.
huerfanococc.com /about.html   (353 words)

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