
Fairplay, CO elevation 9,953 FT
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rnrgrl
N 39° 13.638 W 106° 00.438
13S E 413054 N 4342484
The Town of Fairplay is a statutory town that is the county seat and the most populous town of Park County, Colorado.
Waymark Code: WMC24H
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2011
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A historic gold mining settlement, the town was founded in 1859 during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. It is the largest community in the grassland basin of Colorado known as South Park, sitting on the west edge of the basin at the junction of U.S. Highway 285 and State Highway 9.