Ouray County, Colorado
Founding: 1877 Parent county: San Juan Namesake: Ouray, Ute chief Seat: Ouray (1877–) Land area: 542 square miles Population (2020): 4,874 Population (historic): 2,669 (1880); 4,731 (1900); 1,784 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1930s; 1970–2020 Subdivisions: One city; one town; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 326 (10.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17% Average farmhouse value (1930): $986 Average outbuilding value (1930): $766 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 180 Average farm size (1920): 95 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Ouray Namesake: Ouray, Ute chief Founding: 1875 (platting); 1875 (post office); 1884 (incorporation) Population (2020): 898 Population (his...