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Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state.
Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state.
Coordinates: 38.9972°N 105.5478°W. The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. The region that is today the U.S. State of Colorado has been inhabited by Native Americans and their Paleoamerican ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly more than 37,000 years.
Contents. hide. (Top) State of Colorado. Portal:Colorado/State Facts. < Portal:Colorado. State of Colorado. Date admitted to Union: August 1, 1876 ( 38th State) Demonym: Coloradan. Capital: Denver. Elected state officers : Governor: Jared Polis (D) (2019–) Lieutenant Governor: Dianne Primavera (D) (2019–)
The Colorado Portal. Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state.
Portal:Colorado/Did You Know/1 the front of Denver Union Station The Lindenmeier Site in Larimer County includes a Folsom culture campsite radiocarbon dated to 8710 BCE, some 4706 years before the biblical creation .
Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Counties are important units of government in Colorado since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions, such as townships. Two of these counties, the City and County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments.
