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719. FIPS code. 08-16000. GNIS feature ID. 2410198 [9] Website. coloradosprings .gov. Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. [6] It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.
Tesla Experimental Station. The Tesla Experimental Station [1] was a laboratory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA built in 1899 by inventor Nikola Tesla and for his study of the use of high-voltage, high-frequency electricity in wireless power transmission. Tesla used it for only one year, until 1900, and it was torn down in 1904 to pay his ...
1879: 5,000-5,500 [11] Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1859 [12] during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a resort town.
Mary Jane (Merten) Osborn, microbiologist and biochemist, born in Colorado Springs. William Jackson Palmer, a founder of the city and developer of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Talcott Parsons, sociologist. Kenneth Sims, geologist, born in Colorado Springs. Winfield Scott Stratton, prospector and philanthropist.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs ( UCCS) is a public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [3] It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado system. As of Fall 2023, UCCS had over 11,431 students, including 9,540 undergraduates and 1,891 graduate students.
Physical geography. Colorado Springs is located in the Pikes Peak area in El Paso County, along the Front Range [1] : 14 a forty-mile corridor from the city up to Fort Carson. [2] At the edge of the southern Rocky Mountains, [1] : 31 it is bordered by State, National Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management land.
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum ( USOPM) is a historical and cultural sports museum located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, [1] first opened on July 30, 2020. [2] The museum is part of the City for Champions development project in Colorado Springs, though it licenses the Olympic name and operates separately from the ...
Garden of the Gods. / 38.8677690°N 104.8910877°W / 38.8677690; -104.8910877. Garden of the Gods ( Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3 acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [1] 862 acres (3.49 km 2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.