Garfield County

Garfield County is the eighth most extensive and the twelfth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 56,389 at 2010 census. The county is named in honor of United States President James A. Garfield. The county seat is Glenwood Springs. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 2,955.76 square miles (7,655.4 km), of which 2,947.06 square miles (7,632.9 km) (or 99.71%) is land and 8.70 square miles (22.5 km) (or 0.29%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 43,791 people, 16,229 households, and 11,279 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 17,336 housing units at an average density...