Canon City, Colorado Canon City, Colorado Downtown Canon City (2010) Downtown Canon City (2010) Nickname(s): Climate Capital of Colorado, Canon Located in Canon City's National Historic District, the St.
Arkansas Riverwalk in Canon City is part of John Griffin Regional Park.
It is owned and directed by the Canon City Area Metropolitan Recreation and Park District.
Canon City / k nj n s ti/ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 16,400 at the 2010 United States Census. Canon City straddles the eastern flowing Arkansas River and is a prominent tourist destination for sightseeing, whitewater rafting, and modern climbing.
The town/city is noted for being the locale of nine state and four federal prisons and penitentiaries, and a welcoming sign says, "Corrections Capital of the World." In 1994, the United States Board on Geographic Names allowed adding the tilde to the official name of Canon City, a change from Canon City as the official name in its decisions of 1906 and 1975. It is one of the several U.S.
Cities to have an N in its name, the rest being La Canada Flintridge, California; Espanola, New Mexico; Penasco, New Mexico; and Canones, New Mexico.
3.2 Canon City Area Recreation and Park District 9.1.2 City and county roads 14 Sister metros/cities Canon City was laid out on January 17, 1858, amid the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, but then the territory was left idle.
Cassaday drilled for oil 6 miles (10 km) north of Canon City, close to a known petroleum seep.
A number of metal ore smelters were assembled in Canon City following the discernment of gold at Cripple Creek in 1891.
The Canon City Downtown Historic District is an historic precinct that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Canon City is positioned in easterly Fremont County at 38 26 48 N 105 13 42 W (38.446800, -105.228305) at an altitude of 5,332 feet (1,625 m).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.09%, is water. Canon City sits in the "high desert" territory of southern Colorado, the same desert lands of Pueblo and Florence.
The city's nickname, "the Climate Capital of Colorado", derives from the combination of unique geography and 5,300-foot (1,600 m) altitude protecting the town/city from harsh weather conditions.
The average daily high temperature in January is 14 F (10 C) warmer in Canon City than in Grand Junction, even though the altitude of Canon City is higher. Canon City has a semi-arid climate (Koppen climate classification BSk).
Climate data for Canon City, Colorado As Canon City has grown, the town/city has both took in surrounding communities and advanced new subdivisions to problematic the town/city that exists today.
South Canon, a historic neighborhood positioned on the west side south of the Arkansas River Canon City is home to many city-owned parks, as well as parks owned by the Canon City Area Recreation and Park District.
Mountain View Park, home of the city's skate park Red Canyon Park, a 500-acre (200 ha) park positioned 10 miles (16 km) north of the town/city Royal Gorge Park, home of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park Canon City Area Recreation and Park District The Canon City Area Recreation and Park District, generally called the Rec District, was created in 1965 to better serve the community's recreational needs with parks, the R.C.
Pathfinder Regional Park, a joint-managed park positioned in the county between Canon City and Florence Along with a police department, sheriff's office and detention center, and a municipal court, Canon City is home to the courts for Fremont County and the 11th Judicial District of Colorado.
Canon City is governed via the mayor-council system.
The town/city council consists of seven members who are propel from districts.
The region being situated along the Arkansas River has allowed for soil suitable to orchards, ranching and farming, but Canon City has slowly transitioned from an agricultural improve to more of a diverse economy including not only agriculture, but tourism, education, manufacturing, medicine and many other sectors.
The primary employers in Canon City include the Colorado Department of Corrections and Centura Health (owner of St.
Canon City also depends on its tourism trade which includes the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, Royal Gorge Bridge and Park and various other attractions.
Colorado Department of Corrections operates the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Canon City. In addition to a several correctional facilities near Canon City in unincorporated areas in Fremont County, Colorado State Penitentiary, the locale of the state death row and execution chamber is in Fremont County. Other state prisons in Fremont County include Arrowhead Correctional Center, Centennial Correctional Facility, Fremont Correctional Facility, Four Mile Correctional Center, and Skyline Correctional Center. The Colorado Women's Correctional Facility near Canon City in unincorporated Fremont County, was decommissioned on June 4, 2009. Prisons have served an meaningful significance to both Canon City and the encircling areas of Fremont County, as well as to the state of Colorado.
To learn more about the history of prisons in Colorado, the Museum of Colorado Prisons has been given the part of preserving and presenting the past of the state's corrections system.
From Canon City's Downtown Historic District positioned in the heart of the town/city to the Royal Gorge Bridge, there are many places to see and visit in the area. Canon City is home to a daily newspaper, called the Canon City Daily Record; an FM airways broadcast, Star Country 104.5 FM; and a long-running AM airways broadcast, known as KRLN News - Radio 1400 AM.
Transportation in the Canon City region consists of cab service, shuttle bus service, and a downtown wagon ride.
The Royal Gorge Bridge street car had also been used amid special affairs (it was finished in the Royal Gorge Fire, but it was reserved for use by the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park.
Highway with a mix of town/city and county roads to navigate the town/city or connect to neighboring areas.
Highway 50 - titled Royal Gorge Boulevard from 1st Street to 15th Street in downtown Canon State Highway 115 - joins the town/city to close-by Florence and Penrose, ending in Colorado Springs, Colorado City and county roads Raynolds Avenue/Ash Street - runs from center of East Canon to CO 115 via a county road, shifts to a gravel road and becomes Chandler Road Mac - Kenzie / Four Mile Lane - routed to connect from CO 115 as a carrier of CR 20 until the town/city limits, at Hwy 50, heads north as Four Mile Lane Skyline Drive, primary scenic route overlooking Canon City that was originally assembled by small-town inmates at the Territorial Prison In 1998 Rock and Rail LLC was formed, and began operating on the former Union Pacific track between Canon City and Parkdale.
It also operates between Pueblo and Canon City on lines purchased from the UP Railway.
The tourist line Canon City and Royal Gorge Railroad also operates on the RRRR's track.
See also Canon City School District Canon City's school fitness is under the direction of the Canon City School District Fremont RE-1. The precinct currently has four elementary schools, one charter school, one school serving as both an elementary school and middle school, one middle school and one high school, Canon City High School.
Canon City State Armory Canon City Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Canon City Municipal Building, also known as the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center Dinosaur Depot Museum, presently homed at the Canon City Municipal Building Peabody Mansion, home of the Canon City Chamber of Commerce Fredrickson, medical researcher, former director of the National Institutes of Health and first president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; born in Canon City Navy), born in Canon City Canon City is positioned in an ostensibly demilitarized 'neutral zone' situated between the puppet regimes of the Japanese Pacific States and Greater Nazi Reich in the former United States. Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Canon City, CO Micropolitan Travel Destination State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
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