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The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District (formerly just the Central City Historic District) is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the developed areas of Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado. They are adjacent former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. For a time, the area was known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth,[3] and was the largest urban area of the Colorado Territory in the 1870s.
The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961, for its well-preserved early mining community architecture and history.[2][4][5]
By the middle of July 1859, between 20,000 and 30,000 people were living in and around Gregory Gulch.
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The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District (formerly just the Central City Historic District) is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the developed areas of Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado. They are adjacent former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. For a time, the area was known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth,[3] and was the largest urban area of the Colorado Territory in the 1870s.
The district was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 4, 1961, for its well-preserved early mining community architecture and history.[2][4][5]
By the middle of July 1859, between 20,000 and 30,000 people were living in and around Gregory Gulch.