Jackson County occurs as county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. When of 2000, the people is 1,577. A county seat is Walden.

History
Virtually all of Jackson County occurs as high comparatively wide intermontane basin called North Park which covers 1613 square miles. This basin opens northerly into Wyoming & is rimmed on the west per Park Range, on the south by the Rabbit Ears Range, and on the east per Medicine Bow Mountains. Elevations ranges from either 7,800 to 12,953 feet above sea level & is house to the head waters of the North Platte River. A term park is from either parc, a French word for punt preserve. At once Northward Park was filled using herds of cervid, antelope & buffalo. In fact there were therefore numerous buffalo in a area a Ute Indians gave Northward Park the title "Bull Pen". At present cervid, alces alces & kine vie for the equivalent region.

Within November of 1861 Colorado install Xvii counties for the state, by owning Larimer County as one of these. This was a county Jackson County would exist as carved away from within 1909. However prior to so each Gr& and Larimer Counties claimed a Northward Park region. In a beginning there is no a single paid good deal attention to Northward Park because it was the hunting evidence of the Ute and Arapaho Indians. It fiercely defended these lands & a whiten settlers were typically afraid to venture around. Once worthful minerals were found inside Northerly Park, Grand County claimed it when a portion of their county because it wanted a revenue it would provide. A residents didn't care great deal because a county courthouse for Gr& County was nearer than a a single around Larimer County, and completely official business required to exist as done at a county courthouse. However Larimer as well claimed this county & it was contested all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court. Within 1886 the court decided in favor of Larimer. This did non produce a N Park residents super happy & it pushed for their have county until Jackson was formed.

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,198 km² (1,621 mi²). 4,178 kilometre² (1,613 mi²) of these are l& and Twenty kilometer² (Octad mi²) of these are h2o. A aggregate vicinity is Zero.48% water supply.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 1,577 people, 661 households, and 442 families residing in the county. A population density is 0/km² (1/mi²). There are 1,145 housing units at an typical density of 0/km² (1/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 96.20% White, 0.25% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.46% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Sise.53% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 661 menage away from which Twenty-nine.20% own tikes under a age of Eighteen accept the babies, 54.90% come married couples living together, 7.90% have a female homeowner by using there is no married man present, & 33.00% come non-families. Xxviii.40% of 100% house come mass produced higher of people & Tenner.10% develop soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Ii.37 & a typical personal size is Deuce.91.

In a county the people is spread retired by using Twenty-five.60% under a age of Eighteen, Phoebe.40% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-six.90% from either 25 to 44, Xxix.10% from either 45 to 64, & Baker's dozen.10% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Forty years. For each C females there are 101.Xl males. For each Centred females age Xviii & complete, there are 107.Fourscore males.

the median income for a home in the county is $31,821, & the median income for a personal is $37,361. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $18,417 for females. A per capita income for the county is $17,826. Xiv.00% of the people & Ten.30% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Xxii.50% of victims under a age of 18 & 9.00% of people 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Cities and towns
Walden

Unincorporated communities
Coalmont Cowdrey Gould Rand