 routt county is one of the 64 counties in the u.s. state of colorado. as of the 2010 census, the population was 23,509. the county seat is steamboat springs. routt county comprises the steamboat springs, co micropolitan statistical area. == history == placer gold was found near hahn's peak in 1864 as part of the colorado gold rush. voynick, s.m., 1992, colorado gold, missoula: mountain press publishing company, isbn 0878424555 routt county was created out of the western portion of grand county on january 29, 1877. it was named in honor of john long routt, the last territorial and first state governor of colorado. the western portion of routt county was split off to form moffat county on february 27, 1911. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.3%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== *carbon county, wyoming - north *jackson county - east *grand county - southeast *eagle county - south *garfield county - south-southwest *rio blanco county - southwest *moffat county - west ===national protected areas=== *mount zirkel wilderness *routt national forest *sarvis creek wilderness *white river national forest ===state protected areas=== *pearl lake state park *stagecoach state park *steamboat lake state park *yampa river state park ===trails and byways=== *[[continental divide national scenic tr
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