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Place Name
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Larimer County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Fort Collins
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Population
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186,136 (1990)
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°38'N
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Longitude
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105°27'W
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Larimer
, county (
2,633 sq mi/6,819 sq km; 1990
pop. 186,136), N Colo.;  Fort Collins; 40°38'N 105°27'W.
Irrigated agr. area, bordering on Wyo. (N); drained by Cache la Poudre
and Laramie rivers. Continental Divide forms co. boundary in SW.
Limestone, timber; cattle, sheep; fruit, vegetables, wheat, hay, beans,
barley, corn, sugar beets. Mfg. at Fort Collins and Loveland. Feature
of irrigation system is Laramie-Poudre (or Greeley-Poudre) Tunnel,
connecting Laramie and Cache la Poudre rivers; used to irrigate 125,000
acres/50,588 ha in Larimer and Weld cos. Includes part of
Rocky Mt. Natl. Park in SW and of Front Range in W; part of Roosevelt
Natl. Forest in W ½ of co.; Picnic Rock, Lory, and
Boyd Lake state parks in E; small part of Colorado State Forest on W
boundary. Formed 1861.
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