Central City -
 Black Hawk

Community Description
(See community links below for additional information.)

Central City-Black Hawk is one of Colorado's oldest cities. Both are historic mining settlements in Gregory Gulch. The cities are historic mining settlements founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush.

Demographics

• Black Hawk has a population of 232 people.
• Central City has a population of 600.
• Black Hawk and Central City are located in Gilpin County.
• Gilpin County has a population of 4,757.

Education

• Central City-Black Hawk schools are part of the Gilpin County School District with one elementary/middle school and one high school.
• Central City-Black Hawk is also within 30 miles of three institutions of higher education: the University of Colorado at Boulder (22 miles), the Colorado School of Mines (23 miles) and Red Rocks Community College (27 miles).

Local Attractions

• Central City-Black Hawk is the largest of three gambling districts in Colorado.
• Despite their 22 casinos (which is more than Atlantic City), the towns lacks the neon glow that characterizes their counterparts and instead, has something very Colorado: cowboys.
• Residents enjoy a quality of life enhanced by the vast recreational opportunities offered by Golden Gate State Park, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, the limited-stakes gaming, a state-of-the-art recreation center and fairgrounds, low taxes and financially secure local government.
• Those who live in Central City-Black Hawk are endowed with a responsibility: to preserve the town's estimable past.
• Many of the town's historic building have undergone gentrification, allowing them to maintain the rustic aesthetics of a mountain town without the patina of age.

Climate

• Gilpin County has nearly 300 days of sunshine annually and an average high temperature in July of about 76 degrees and an average low in January of 28 degrees. 
• Annual precipitation in the area is 15 inches.

Location

• Central City-Black Hawk is only an hour from Denver, a half-an-hour from Georgetown, an hour from Boulder and 25 minutes from beautiful Golden Gate Canyon State Park.

Community Links

HEALTHCARE IN CENTRAL CITY-BLACK HAWK

HOSPITALS
Boulder Community Hospital (25 miles)
Centennial Peaks Hospital (27 miles)
Centura Health-Avista Adventist Hospital (27 miles)
Locate a Doctor

CLINICS
Mountain Family Health Centers
        
LIFESTYLE IN CENTRAL CITY-BLACK HAWK

DEMOGRAPHICS
http://www.city-data.com/city/Black-Hawk-Colorado.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Central-City-Colorado.html

SCHOOLS
http://www.gilpinschool.org/

EMPLOYERS
http://www.co.gilpin.co.us/Employment/jobs.htm
           
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Gilpin County Chamber of Commerce

TOWN WEBSITE
http://www.blackhawkcolorado.com/    
http://www.centralcitycolorado.com/       

COUNTY
http://www.co.gilpin.co.us/

REAL ESTATE – View homes for free before you do a site visit!
Go to Zillow.com to learn about all the homes for sale in Central City.

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
http://www.coloradodaily.com/
www.denverpost.com
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
           
TOURIST AND RECREATION WEBSITES
Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Roosevelt National Forest
Central City Opera

TOWNS NEARBY
Idaho Springs (12 miles)
Golden (20 miles)
Boulder (30 miles)

AIRPORT
Fort Collins-Loveland Airport (58 miles)
Denver International Airport (59 miles)

TRANSPORTATION
Black Hawk and Central City Tramway

SKIING IN COLORADO, FROM CENTRAL CITY- BLACK HAWK
Eldora (21 miles)
Loveland (78 miles)