Central City, Colorado

Central City, Colorado
Home rule municipality[1]
The Teller House in Central City.
Nickname:  The Richest Square Mile on Earth
Location of Central City in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado.
Central City Location of Central City in the United States.
Coordinates: 39°47′41″N 105°30′44″W / 39.79472°N 105.51222°W / 39.79472; -105.51222[2]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Gilpin County[1] Clear Creek County
Settled	1859
Incorporated	June 12, 1886[3]
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[4]
Area [5]
• Total	2.1599 sq mi (5.5940 km2)
• Land	2.1597 sq mi (5.5937 km2)
• Water	0.0001 sq mi (0.0003 km2)
Elevation [2]	8,691 ft (2,649 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• Total	779
• Density	361/sq mi (139/km2)
• Metro	2,963,821 (19th)
• CSA	3,623,560 (17th)
• Front Range	5,055,344
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP Code	80427 (PO Box)[6]
Area code(s)	Both 303 and 720
FIPS code	08-12910
GNIS feature ID	2409427[2]
Website	centralcity.colorado.gov

Central City is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States.^[1] Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County.^[7] The city population was 779, all in Gilpin County, at the 2020 United States census.^[5] The city is a historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth". Central City and the adjacent city of Black Hawk form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk Historic District. The city is now a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.