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City and County of Denver |
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| Founded | 11/22/1858, as Denver City |
| Incorporated | 11/7/1861, as Denver City |
| Consolidated | 11/15/1902, as the City and County of Denver |
| Named for | James William Denver |
| Denver Area: | |
| - City-county | 154.9 sq mi |
| - Land | 153.3 sq mi |
| - Water | 1.6 sq mi 1.03% |
| - Metro | 8,414.4 sq mi |
| Elevation | 5,280 ft |
| Denver 2009 Population | |
| - City-county | 610,345 (24th) |
Denver’s website http://www.denvergov.org/
Denver History Snapshot: On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer, a land speculator from eastern Kansas, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on the bluff overlooking the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, across the creek from the existing mining settlement of Auraria, and on the site of the existing townsite of St. Charles. Larimer named the town site Denver City to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. Larimer hoped that the town’s name would help make it the county seat of Arapaho County, but unknown to him Governor Denver had already resigned from office. The location was accessible to existing trails and was across the South Platte River from the site of seasonal encampments of the Cheyenne and Arapaho. The site of these first towns is now the site of Confluence Park in downtown Denver. Larimer, along with associates in the St. Charles City Land Company, sold parcels in the town to merchants and miners, with the intention of creating a major city that would cater to new emigrants.
Denver City was a frontier town, with an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Aurora.
Early in the 20th century, Denver, like many other cities, was home to a pioneering Brass era car company. The Colburn Automobile Company made cars copied from the contemporary Renault.
Denver has also been known historically as the Queen City of the Plains because of its important role in the agricultural industry of the plains regions along the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. Several US Navy ships have been named USS Denver in honor of the city.
Cited source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver
