Chaffee County, Colorado
It was named for Jerome B. Chaffee,[4] Colorado's first United States Senator.[5] At the 2000 census there were 16,242 people, 6,584 households, and 4,365 families living in the county.There were 8,392 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3.1/km2).[12] Chaffee County was long a Republican stronghold, but has recently trended towards the Democrats.Kamala Harris won the county by a larger margin in 2024, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the county while losing the presidential election since 1908.
CountyUnited StatesColoradoNamed forJerome B. ChaffeeCounty seatSalidaTime zoneUTC−7MountainUTC−6Area codeSalida, ColoradoSangre de Cristo RangeU.S. state2020 censusCarbonate CountyLake CountyU.S. Census BureauPark CountyFremont CountySaguache CountyGunnison CountyPitkin CountyU.S. Highway 24U.S. Highway 50U.S. Highway 285State Highway 291Browns Canyon National MonumentBuffalo Peaks WildernessCollegiate Peaks WildernessSan Isabel National ForestArkansas Headwaters Recreation AreaAmerican Discovery TrailColorado TrailContinental Divide National Scenic TrailGreat Parks Bicycle RouteWestern Express Bicycle Route2000 censuspoverty lineKamala HarrisRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Buena VistaPoncha SpringsGarfieldJohnson VillageMaysvilleNathropSmeltertownAlpineBrowns CanonFuturityGraniteHamiltonRockdaleSt. ElmoStonewallVicksburgWinfieldBibliography of ColoradoGeography of ColoradoHistory of ColoradoNational Register of Historic Places listings in Chaffee County, ColoradoIndex of Colorado-related articlesList of Colorado-related listsList of counties in ColoradoOutline of ColoradoMount HarvardUnited States Census BureauUnited States Geological SurveyUnincorporatedcommunitiesMonarchDenverTopicsBibliographyOutlineClimate changeCollegesColoradansElectionsFederal landsGeographyGovernmentHistoric placesHistoryIndian reservationsMilitaryMountainsMunicipalitiesMuseumsNational ForestsNational ParksPaleontologyPrehistoric sitesPrehistoryProtected areasRailroadsRiversSlaveryStatistical areasSymbolsTimelineTrailsTransportationWildernessesAbortionEconomyGun lawsHomelessnessLGBT rightsPoliticsSportsCitiesAlamosaArvadaAuroraBlack HawkBoulderBrightonBroomfieldBurlingtonCañon CityCastle PinesCentennial