Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado
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Twin Lakes is also the name of an adjacent census-designated place (CDP) and a post office in and governed by Lake County, Colorado, United States. The Twin Lakes post office has the ZIP Code 81251.[2] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Twin Lakes CDP was 204.[3]
History
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Lake County, one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature in 1861, was named for the Twin Lakes. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. The Twin Lakes District has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.
Geography
The Twin Lakes and the Twin Lakes CDP are located about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Leadville, the county seat. The CDP is bounded on the east by U.S. Route 24 (US 24), on the south by Colorado State Highway 82 (SH 82, and on the north and west by County Highway 24. About Script error: No such module "convert". west of the CDP is the original community of Twin Lakes, near the west end of what is now the Twin Lakes Reservoir. The reservoir lies south of SH 82, outside the CDP. SH 82 leads west across Independence Pass Script error: No such module "convert". to Aspen, while US 24 leads north to Leadville and south Script error: No such module "convert". to Buena Vista.
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The Twin Lakes CDP has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., including Script error: No such module "convert". of water,[4] (much less than the surface area of the Twin Lakes themselves).
Climate
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Demographics
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The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Twin Lakes CDP for the United States Census 2010.
See also
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References
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- ↑ https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/twin-lakes/
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External links
- Twin Lakes @ Colorado.com
- Twin Lakes @ Leadville.com
- Twin Lakes @ LeadvilleTwinLakes.com
- Twin Lakes @ TwinLakesCo.com
- Twin Lakes @ UncoverColorado.com
- Twin Lakes @ VisitTwinLakes.com
- Friends of Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes Recreation Area
- Mount Elbert Pumped Hydroelectric Powerplant
- Lake County website
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