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Place Name
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Black Hawk
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Place Status (Type)
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village
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Population
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227 (1990)
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Location
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Gilpin County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°47'N
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Longitude
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105°29'W
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Black Hawk
, village (1990 pop. 227), Gilpin co., N
central Colo., on North Fork of Clear Creek, in Front Range,
2 mi/3.2 km E of Central City,
25 mi/40 km W of Denver; 39°47'N 105°29'W.
Elev. 8,056 ft/2,455 m. Gold mines. Mfg.
(jewelry). Legalized gambling. Part of the Central City-Black Hawk
Natl. Historic Dist. Nearby is site of 1st gold lode discovery (1859)
in Colo. In vicinity are Pike (SW) and Roosevelt (NW) natl. forests.
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