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· Colorado
Huerfano County
Huerfano County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,820. The county seat is Walsenburg. The county, whose name comes from the Spanish huérfano meaning "orphan", was named for the Huerfano Butte, a local landmark. The area of Huerfano County boomed early in the 1900s with the discovery of large coal deposits. After large scale World War II coal demand ended in the 1940s Walsenburg and Huerfano saw a steady economic decline through 2015.
6,920 population
(2021)
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County area: Huerfano
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 123710
- FIPS state
- 08
- FIPS county
- 055
- FIPS place
- 99055
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF HUERFANO
- Mailing address
- 401 MAIN ST, WALSENBURG 81089