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Place Name
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Colorado Springs
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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El Paso County
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Population
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281,140 (1990)
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Location
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El Paso County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°51'N
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Longitude
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104°45'W
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Colorado Springs
, city (1990 pop. 281,140),  El Paso
co., central Colo., 60 mi/97 km SSE of Denver,
on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; 38°51'N
104°45'W. Elev. 6,008 ft/1,831 m. RR
junction. Colorado Springs is a residential and year-round vacation and
health resort, with thriving industries that produce a wide variety of
prods. Mfg. (aerospace development and equip., computer equip.,
fabricated metal prods., machinery, medical equip., prepared food
prods., printing and publishing). The town of El Dorado (later Colorado
City) was founded on Fountain Creek by gold miners in 1859. In 1871,
Gen. William Palmer and the Denver and Rio Grande RR est. the modern
city of Fountain Colony nearby; the name was changed to Colorado
Springs because of the many mineral springs in the area. The city grew
as a resort, absorbing the earlier community of Colorado City in 1917.
It has undergone extensive economic growth as well as a boom in pop.
since the 1970s. It is the seat of Colo. Col., the Univ. of Colo. at
Colorado Springs, and Pikes Peak Community Col. The city is also the
hq. of Pike Natl. Forest. U.S. Air Force Academy to N; U.S. Fort Carson
(est. 1942) to S. Cheyenne Mt. Zoo, Will Rogers Shrine, Pro Rodeo Hall
of Fame, Fine Arts Center, Pioneer Mus., World Figure Skating Hall of
Fame are here. Colorado Springs Airport to SE. Garden of the Gods, rock
formations, and Cave of the Winds to NW. Natl. Carvers Mus. to N. Pike
Natl. Forest and Pikes Peak to W. Inc. 1886.
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