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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Summit County
| state = Colorado
| seal = Seal of Summit County, Colorado.png
| founded year = 1861
| founded date = November 1
| seat wl = Breckenridge
| largest city wl = Breckenridge
| city type = town
| area_total_sq_mi = 619
| area_land_sq_mi = 608
| area_water_sq_mi = 11
| area percentage = 1.8%
| census estimate yr = 2020
| pop = 31055
| density_sq_mi = 51
| time zone = Mountain
| footnotes =
| web = www.summitcountyco.gov/
| named for = [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]]
| ex image = Summit County court house in Colorado.jpg
| ex image cap = Summit County court house in [[Breckenridge, Colorado|Breckenridge]]
| district = 2nd
}}
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==History==
Summit County was organized as one of the seventeen original Colorado counties by the First Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861.
In 1874, the northern half of the original Summit County was split off to form [[Grand County, Colorado|Grand County]]; with the creation of [[Garfield County, Colorado|Garfield]] and [[Eagle County, Colorado|Eagle]] counties in 1883, Summit County arrived at its present boundaries.
==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|619|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|608|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|11|sqmi}} (1.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
The terrain of the county is mountainous with elevations ranging from {{convert|7957|ft|m}} at [[Green Mountain Reservoir]] to {{convert|14270|ft|m}} at [[Grays Peak]]. The elevation of the county seat of Breckenridge is {{convert|9602|ft|m}}, making it one of the highest cities in the state of Colorado and the United States.<ref>"Elevation distribution for all U.S. cities," http://www.city-data.com/top13.html, accessed 2 Aug 2017</ref> Much of the county has an [[Alpine climate|Alpine]] (ET in the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen Classification]]) characterized by [[tundra]] vegetation.
===Adjacent counties===
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 23,548 people, 9,120 households, and 4,769 families residing in the county.
There were 9,120 households, out of which 24.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.70% were non-families. 21.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 17.40% under the age of 18, 15.70% from 18 to 24, 44.30% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 3.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county was $56,587, and the median income for a family was $66,914 (these figures had risen to $65,281 and $80,441 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $33,741 versus $27,017 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $28,676.
The 2019 average real estate prices in Summit County were $1,262,929 for a single family home, $559,776 for a condo, townhome or duplex and $344,945 for a vacant piece of land (YTD through December 2019).<ref name="Summit County Real Estate Real Estate">
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