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El Paso County

county in Colorado, United States
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Summary

El Paso County is a county of Colorado[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county of colorado entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,073 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colorado[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Colorado Springs[6]
  • Shares border with: Douglas County[7], Elbert County[8], Lincoln County[9], Crowley County[10], Pueblo County[11], Fremont County[12], Teller County[13]
  • Named after: Ute Pass[14]
  • Legislative body: El Paso County Board of County Commissioners[15]
  • Commons category: El Paso County, Colorado[16]
  • Inception: 1861[17]
  • Coordinate location: 38.84, -104.52[18]
  • Official website: http://www.elpasoco.com[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:El Paso County, Colorado[20]
  • Population: 622,263[21], 626,691[22], 636,878[23], 645,439[24], 655,044[25], 674,471[26], 730,395[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Colorado[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in El Paso County, Colorado[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in El Paso County, Colorado[30]
  • Number of households: 262,780[31]
  • Native label: El Paso County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107953[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from El Paso County, Colorado[34]
  • Different from: El Paso County[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 4302[36]
  • Area: 5516[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of El Paso County, Colorado[39]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for El Paso County include elpasolite[40], a mineral species[41].

Why It Matters

El Paso County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include elpasolite[40], a mineral species[41].

Related Entities

Colorado United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). El Paso County. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/el-paso-county
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/El Paso County, Col
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/El Paso County, Colorado.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00007977
    Taxonomicon id → 1804572
    Umls cui → C3811307
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Colorado
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in El Paso County, Colorado
    Website → —
    Shares border with → Douglas County, Elbert County, Lincoln County +4
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C107953, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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