Denver is the capital of what state?
A: Colorado.
Denver is a consolidated city and what?
A: County.
At the time of the 2020 United States census, what was
its population?
A: Its population was 715,522, a 19.22% increase since the
2010 United
States census.
It is the 19th-most populous city in what?
A: In the United States and the fifth most populous state capital.
It is the principal city of what?
A: The Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the
first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Where is Denver located?
A: In the Western United States, in the South Platte
River Valley on the
western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky
Mountains.
Its downtown district is immediately east of what?
A: The confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately
12 mi (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
It is named after whom?
A: James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory.
Why is it nicknamed the Mile High City?
A: Because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet or 1609.344
meters) above sea level.
The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal
reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through what?
A: Denver Union Station.
Denver is ranked as a what by the Globalization and
World Cities Research Network?
A: Beta world city.
The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan
Statistical Area had a population of 2,963,821 at the 2020 United States
census, making it what?
A: The 19th most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area.
The 12-county Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical
Area had a population of 3,623,560 at the 2020 United States census, making
it what?
A: The 17th most populous U.S. primary statistical area.
Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front
Range Urban Corridor, an oblong urban region stretching across two states
with a population of what?
A: 5,055,344 at the 2020 United States Census.
Its metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan
area within a 560-mile (900 km) radius and the second most populous city in
the Mountain West after what?
A: Phoenix, Arizona.
In 2016, it was named what by U.S. News & World Report?
A: the best place to live in the United States.
In the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold
Rush, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas, established
Montana
City as a what?
A: A mining town on the banks of the South Platte River in what was then
western Kansas Territory, on traditional lands of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
This was the first historical settlement in what was
later to become what?
A: The city of Denver.
Denver City was incorporated on what date?
A: November 7, 1861.
Denver City served as the Arapahoe County Seat from
1861 until when?
A: Until consolidation in 1902.
In 1867, Denver City became the acting territorial
capital, and in 1881 was chosen as what?
A: The permanent state capital in a statewide ballot.
With its newfound importance, Denver City did what?
A: Shortened its name to Denver.
