Entered Union August 1, 1876 (38th state)
Colorado (5,773,707), Denver (715,538)
The granite capitol was originally completed in 1894 using the designs of Elijah E. Myers. It is located at Colfax and Lincoln streets. Interstate Highway 25 is 10 blocks to the west of the capitol. It is designed in Neoclassical. The major supporting structures is the Supreme Court Courthouse which also houses the Court of Appeals. The state was officially created as the 38th state on August 1, 1876 from the Colorado Territory which came from territories of the Louisiana Purchase, Mexico and Native American lands. The state’s name comes from a Spanish word for the red silt in the Colorado River. The name of Denver comes from the governor of the Kansas Territory, James W. Denver. Denver has been the only capital since 1867. Mount Elbert in Lake County is the highest point and the Arkansas River at the Kansas border is the lowest point.
Colorado government, in the Executive, consists of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Treasurer. There are 35 Senators and 65 Representatives in the Legislative. Seven Supreme Court Justices and Twenty-two Court of Appeals Judges serve Colorado in the Judicial. Colorado is located in the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. The geographic center is in Park County 40 miles west of Colorado Springs. The state is surrounded clockwise by Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
The area is 104,094 square miles. It is 8th largest state in the country. It is the 21st most populated state in the country. It has a density of 55.5 persons per square mile making it 37th in the country. Major rivers include the Colorado, the Arkansas, the Platte, the Rio Grande, the Gunnison, the Green, and the San Juan. Denver is located in the northeastern quarter of the state.
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