Central City, Colorado City of Central, Colorado Central City The City of Central, generally known as Central City, is the Home Rule Municipality in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 663 at the 2010 United States Census. The town/city is a historic quarrying settlement established in 1859 amid the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth".

Central City and the adjoining town/city of Black Hawk form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk Historic District.

Central City, 1862 Gregory found a gold-bearing vein (the Gregory Lode) in Gregory Gulch between Black Hawk and Central City.

Of 125 miners signing a union resolution in Central City, about fifty broke windows and doors at the Bob Tail mine, forcing other workers out.

After a evening of shooting and fighting, the union accomplishment among Central City miners failed. Many Chinese lived in Central City amid the early days working the placer deposits of Gregory Gulch.

The frontier gambler Poker Alice lived for a time in Central City and a several other Colorado quarrying communities. Gold quarrying in the Central City precinct decreased quickly between 1900 and 1920, as the veins were exhausted.

The populace of Central City and its sister town/city Black Hawk fell to a several hundred by the 1950s.

Casino gambling was introduced in both suburbs in the early 1990s, but had more success in Black Hawk (which has 18 casinos) than in Central City (which has 6 casinos), partly because the chief road to Central City passed through Black Hawk, tempting gamblers to stop in Black Hawk instead.

In an accomplishment to compete, Central City instead of a four-lane, 8.4-mile (13.5 km) parkway from Interstate 70 to Central City, without going through Black Hawk. The highway was instead of in 2004, but Black Hawk, which before to the introduction of gambling was much lesser than Central City, continues to generate more than seven times the gambling revenue that Central City does.

To compete, Central City has recently eliminated height restrictions for building on undeveloped land.

Central City is positioned in southern Gilpin County.

The town/city limits extend south along the Central City Parkway into Clear Creek County, as far as Interstate 70.

The town/city is bordered by Black Hawk to the east and Idaho Springs to the south.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km2).

The Black Hawk & Central City Tramway, directed by the metros/cities of Black Hawk and Central City, provides a no-charge shuttle between the two towns.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 16.5% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older.

Gold nuggets from the Central City District.

Central City Public Schools are part of the Gilpin County School District RE-1.

The precinct has one elementary school and one high school, Gilpin County Elementary School and Gilpin County Undivided High School. The Central City Opera House, designed by noted Colorado architect Robert Saur Roeschlaub, continues to host entertainment amid the summer.

Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Central City Parkway Central City Opera House, 1934 State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Central City city, Colorado".

Sims and the rest (1963) Economic Geology of the Central City District, Gilpin County, Colorado, US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 359, pp.7 8.

The name of the postal service until 1869, see page 101, Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; and Willard, John H., Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989: A Comprehensive Listing of Post Offices, Stations, and Branches, Colorado Railroad Museum (May 1990), hardcover, 280 pages, ISBN 978-0-918654-42-7 "Central City, Colorado".

Andy Vuong, "Eased gambling, building rules give Central City a second chance," Denver Post, 1 July 2009, p.1.

State Historical Fund, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, USA.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central City, Colorado.

Wikisource has the text of the 1879 American Cyclop dia article Central City.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Central City (Colorado).

Central City official website Early Photos of Central City Central City Boom and Bust Main Street Central - Central City's small-town merchants' association Central City Photos and Information at Western Mining History Municipalities and communities of Gilpin County, Colorado, United States Municipalities and communities of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States

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