Clear Creek County, Colorado

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Looking toward Guanella Pass from Georgetown

Cities & Towns:
Empire
Georgetown
Idaho Springs
Silver Plume

Clear Creek County is in the Front Range Mountains area just west of the Denver Metroplex on I-70. The county is most famous for all the hard-rock gold and silver mining that went on here in the late 1800's. Some of that is still going on... but today, this is an area for visiting and seeing what it was really like in Victorian Colorado days... and take a ride on the Georgetown Loop Railroad while you're at it. Clear Creek County contains 395 square miles of land and 1 square mile of water. The county seat is Georgetown.

What is now the Argo Gold Mine & Mill Museum complex

Fast Facts about Clear Creek County, Colorado
Resident Racial Breakdown: White Non-Hispanic: 94.0% Hispanic: 3.9% Native American: 1.3% Other: 1.0% Two or More Races: 1.2% Types of Jobs: Private Sector, wages or salary: 72% Government Sector: 16% Unincorporated, Self-Employed: 11% Homemaker, Unpaid: 1% Population Density: 23 People per Square Mile 2008 Cost of Living Index for Clear Creek County: 89.3	2007 Estimates: Population: 8,956 Males: 4,666 Females: 4,290 Median Resident Age: 40.2 Years Estimated Median Household Income: $59,649 Estimated Median Home Value: $312,856 Major Industries: Lodging & Food Services, Construction, Professional Services, Health Care, Educational Services, Recreation & Entertainment, Government, Mining, Finance & Insurance Services

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