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Kit Carson

Kit Carson County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,087. The county seat is . The county was established in 1889 and named for American frontiersman and Indian fighter Kit Carson.
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  • Type: County with 8,270 residents
  • Description: county in Colorado, United States
  • Also known as: “Kit Carson County”, “Kit Carson County, CO”, and “Kit Carson County, Colorado”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratton.

Village
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is a statutory town in Kit Carson County, , United States. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. was named in honor of the gold miner and philanthropist Winfield Scott .

Kit Carson

Latitude
39.3081° or 39° 18′ 29″ north
Longitude
-102.6208° or 102° 37′ 15″ west
Population
8,270
Elevation
4,409 feet (1,344 metres)
Open location code
85FV895H+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316945100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5427526
Wiki­data ID
Q128079
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Kit Carson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كيت كارسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه كيت كارسون، كولورادو”
  • Armenian: “Քիտ Քարսոն շրջան”
  • Basque: “Kit Carson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Kit Carson County, Colorado”
  • Bavarian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Belarusian: “Кіт-Карсан (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Кіт-Карсан”
  • Bishnupriya: “কিট কারসন কাউন্টি, কলোরাডো”
  • Bishnupriya: “কিট কারসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Кит Карсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Kit Carson”
  • Catalan: “Kit Carson County”
  • Cebuano: “Kit Carson County”
  • Chechen: “Кит-Карсон (гуо, Колорадо)”
  • Chechen: “Кит-Карсон”
  • Chinese: “Kit Carson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “基特卡森”
  • Chinese: “基特卡森縣”
  • Chinese: “基特卡森郡”
  • Czech: “Kit Carson County”
  • Dutch: “Kit Carson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Kit Carson”
  • Esperanto: “Kit Carson County”
  • Estonian: “Kit Carsoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Kit Carsonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Kit Carson”
  • French: “Comté de Kit Carson”
  • French: “Kit Carson County”
  • Georgian: “კიტ-კარსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Kit Carson County”
  • Gilaki: “کیت کارسون ٚ شأرستان (کؤلؤرادؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “کیت کارسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Κιτ Κάρσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קיט קארסון”
  • Hungarian: “Kit Carson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Kit Carson, Colorado”
  • Irish: “Contae Kit Carson”
  • Italian: “contea di Kit Carson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Kit Carson”
  • Italian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Japanese: “キット・カーソン郡”
  • Japanese: “キットカーソン郡”
  • Korean: “키트카슨군”
  • Low German: “Kit Carson County”
  • Marathi: “किट कार्सन काउंटी, कॉलोराडो”
  • Marathi: “किट कार्सन काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “کیت کارسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Kit Carson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kit Carson Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kit Carson County”
  • Norwegian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کیت کارسون، کلرادو”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کیت کارسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Kit Carson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Kit Carson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Kit Carson”
  • Portuguese: “Kit Carson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Kit Carson, Colorado”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Kit Carson”
  • Russian: “Кит-Карсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Kit Carson”
  • Serbian: “Округ Кит Карсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kit Carson County, Colorado”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kit Carson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Kit Carson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Kit Carson”
  • Spanish: “Kit Carson County”
  • Swedish: “Kit Carson County”
  • Tatar: “Кит-Карсон (округ, Колорадо)”
  • Tatar: “Кит-Карсон”
  • Tumbuka: “Kit Carson County, Colorado”
  • Tumbuka: “Kit Carson County”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson County, CO”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson County, Colo.”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson County, Colorado”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson County”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson ilçesi, CO”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson ilçesi, Colo.”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson ilçesi, Colorado”
  • Turkish: “Kit Carson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіт-Карсон”
  • Urdu: “کٹ کارسن کاؤنٹی، کولوراڈو”
  • Urdu: “کٹ کارسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Kit Carson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kit Carson, Colorado”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Kit Carson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kit Carson, Colorado”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kit Carson”
  • Welsh: “Kit Carson County, Colorado”
  • Welsh: “Kit Carson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “کٹ کارسن کاؤنٹی”

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