Carbonate County, Colorado

Carbonate County
Former county
Colorado's location in the U.S.
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Founded	February 8, 1879
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)

Carbonate County was a county of the state of Colorado that existed for only two days in 1879. Carbonate County was created by renaming Lake County, Colorado.

History

On 8 February 1879, the Colorado General Assembly renamed Lake County as Carbonate County.^[1] Two days later on 10 February 1879, the Colorado General Assembly split Carbonate County into the new Chaffee County and the renamed Lake County.^[2]

See also

• Outline of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• Historic Colorado counties
  • Chaffee County, Colorado
  • Lake County, Colorado

References

1. "Colorado County History". COGenWeb Project. 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
2. "Colorado County Evolution". Don Stanwyck. 2003. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2007.

39°12′N106°20′W / 39.20°N 106.34°W / 39.20; -106.34 (Carbonate County, Colorado (historical))