Central City, Colorado
Central City, Colorado | |
|---|---|
The Teller House in Central City | |
| Nickname: The Richest Square Mile on Earth | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′00″N 102°00′00″W / 39.0000°N 102.0000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Counties | Gilpin Clear Creek |
| Settled | 1859 |
| Incorporated | June 12, 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Type | home rule city |
| Area | |
| 2.1599 sq mi (5.5940 km2) | |
| • Land | 2.1597 sq mi (5.5937 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0001 sq mi (0.0003 km2) |
| Elevation | 8,498 ft (2,590 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 779 | |
| • Density | 361/sq mi (139/km2) |
| • Metro | 2,963,821 (19th) |
| • CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80427 |
| Area codes | 303/720/983 |
| GNIS pop ID | 181484 |
| GNIS city ID | 2409427 |
| FIPS code | 08-12900 |
| Website | centralcity |
Central City is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States. Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County. The city population was 779, all in Gilpin County, at the 2020 United States census. The city is a historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth". Central City and the adjacent city of Black Hawk form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk Historic District. The city is now a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.