Golden, Colorado, United States

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Golden, Colorado, United States is a historic former gold-rush town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains that serves as the county seat of Jefferson County and a hub for outdoor recreation and brewing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 303
720
983
borderedBy Dakota Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Mount Zion
North Table Mountain
South Table Mountain
capitalOf Colorado Territory
capitalPeriodEnd 1867
capitalPeriodStart 1862
climate semi-arid climate
country United States
county Jefferson County, Colorado NERFINISHED
elevation about 1,730 meters
about 5,675 feet
founded 1859
foundedAs gold rush town
GNISFeatureID 0204652
hasAttraction Clear Creek trail system
Lookout Mountain
historic downtown Golden
hasFederalFacility National Renewable Energy Laboratory
hasMotto Where the West Lives
hasMuseum Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
Colorado Railroad Museum
hasUniversity Colorado School of Mines
incorporated 1871
isCountySeatOf Jefferson County, Colorado NERFINISHED
isFormer territorial capital of Colorado Territory
knownFor brewing industry
historic downtown
outdoor recreation
proximity to the Rocky Mountains
locatedIn Denver metropolitan area
Front Range Urban Corridor
Jefferson County, Colorado NERFINISHED
foothills of the Rocky Mountains
majorEmployer Colorado School of Mines
Coors Brewing Company
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
namedAfter Thomas L. Golden NERFINISHED
partOf Jefferson County, Colorado NERFINISHED
populationCensus2020 about 20,000
postalCode 80401
80402
80403
river Clear Creek NERFINISHED
servedAs capital of Colorado Territory
state Colorado
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
timeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time
transport Colorado State Highway 58
Colorado State Highway 93
U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lakewood, Colorado ("Golden, Colorado")
borderedBy
Lindsey Horan ("Golden, Colorado")
grewUpIn
Lindsey Horan
placeOfBirth

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