Walsenburg, Colorado City of Walsenburg, Colorado The Huerfano County Courthouse is positioned in Walsenburg.
The Huerfano County Courthouse is positioned in Walsenburg.
Location in Huerfano County and the State of Colorado Location in Huerfano County and the State of Colorado Country United States State State of Colorado Walsenburg is a statutory town/city that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded city of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 3,068 at the 2010 census, down from 4,182 in 2000.
Walsenburg shooting at the Walsenburg Industrial Workers of the World Hall on January 28, 1928 A postal service called Walsenburg has been in operation since 1870. The improve was titled after Fred Walsen, an early settler. The song recounts an attack by the Colorado National Guard and armed Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914.
Walsenburg is positioned in east-central Huerfano County, on the north side of the Cucharas River at the easterly edge of the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
I-25 leads north 48 miles (77 km) to Pueblo and south 36 miles (58 km) to Trinidad.
Route 160 passes through the center of Walsenburg, dominant west athwart North La Veta Pass 72 miles (116 km) to Alamosa and south with I-25 to Trinidad.
Colorado State Highway 10 leads northeast from Walsenburg 73 miles (117 km) to La Junta.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Walsenburg has a total region of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), all of it land. The Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center is positioned 2 miles (3 km) west of Walsenburg on US 160, opposite the entrance to Lathrop State Park.
Climate data for Walsenburg, Colorado (1981 2010) Lathrop State Park, positioned 2 miles (3 km) west of the town/city limits of Walsenburg, is Colorado's first state park and is over 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) in size.
Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake offer fishing stocked by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, water skiing, boating, and jet skiing.
Hiking and camping are other activities in the park, and it is the only state park in Colorado with a golf course. The Spanish Peaks, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Walsenburg are a nationwide landmark and have been titled one of "Colorado's Seven Wonders" by The Denver Post.
The Highway of The Legends, connecting Walsenburg with La Veta, other historic quarrying towns, and Trinidad, is a National Scenic and Historic Byway, The Walsenburg Golf Course is a 9-hole enhance golf course open for play year round.
The town/city opened a two-million dollar water park, "Walsenburg Wild Waters", after accomplishments by former mayor Maurice Brau and the City Council, on May 27, 2007. The Huerfano River Wind Farm, Colorado's biggest producer of distributed generation (DG) power, is positioned 10 miles (16 km) north of Walsenburg, just off Interstate 25.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
John Mall High School is the small-town high school.
There was a student to teacher ratio of 14:1, which is higher than the Colorado state average of 16:1.
The state average of minority enrollment is 44%.
The graduation rate is 53%, which is lower than the state average of 78%.
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"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Walsenburg city, Colorado".
Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities Were So Named, 150 of Spanish or Indian Origin.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"John Mall High School in WALSENBURG, CO | Best High Schools | US News".
"John Mall High School Profile | Walsenburg, Colorado (CO)".
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