San Miguel County, Colorado

Founding: 1883
Parent county: Ouray

Namesake: The San Miguel River
Seat: Telluride (1883–)

Land area: 1,287 square miles

Population (2020): 8,072

Population (historic): 2,909 (1890); 4,700 (1910); 2,184 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Five towns

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 391 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $659
Average outbuilding value (1930): $608
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 334
Average farm size (1920): 63.9 acres
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Telluride

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a reference to the element tellurium

Founding: 1878 (platting as Columbia); 1880 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,607

Population (historic): 766 (1890); 1,756 (1910); 512 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1930s; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 221 (10.7%)

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