Douglas County, Colorado

Douglas County is a suburban county located in the southern portion of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of 2000, the population is 175,766. Douglas County is one of the fastest growing areas in Colorado. The county seat is Castle Rock, named after a small mesa just north of the town. Castle Rock is on the Interstate 25 corridor just east of the frontrange of the Rocky Mountains.

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Suburb - County - Denver-Aurora metropolitan area - U.S. state - Colorado - 2000 - Castle Rock - Mesa - Interstate 25 - Rocky Mountains

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Douglas County is lightly wooded, mostly with ponderosa pine, with broken terrain characterized by mesas and small steams. Cherry Creek and Plum Creek rise in Douglas County and flow north toward Denver and into the South Platte River. Both were subject to flash flooding in the past, Plum Creek being partially responsible for the Denver flood of 1965. Cherry Creek is now dammed.

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Ponderosa pine - South Platte River - Denver - 1965

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Residents generally commute to workplaces elsewhere in the metropolitan area outside of the county. Urbanization is gradually displacing the ranching economy of the county.

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Urbanization - Ranching

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