Garfield County, Colorado

 

Founding: 1883
Parent county: Summit

Namesake: James Garfield, U.S. president
Seat: Carbonate (1883); Glenwood Springs (1883–)

Land area: 2,948 square miles

Population (2020): 61,685

Population (historic): 4,478 (1890); 10,144 (1910); 9,975 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1940s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; four towns; six CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,717 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,125
Average outbuilding value (1930): $737
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 930
Average farm size (1920): 79.8 acres
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Glenwood Springs

Namesake: Mineral springs near the city site

Founding: 1883 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,963

Population (historic): 920 (1890); 2,019 (1910); 1,825 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1930s; 1950–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 525 (11.9%)

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