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Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,675. The county seat is Hugo. The county obtains its name in memory of the United States President Abraham Lincoln. County was formed from portions of Bent and Elbert counties in 1889 from a restructuring of Colorado counties.
Welcome to Lincoln County. Lincoln County was formed in 1889 from parts of Elbert and Bent Counties. Geographically, the county forms a backward block L, which is 72 miles long and 48 miles wide in the south, but only 30 miles wide in the north.
Lincoln County, named in honor of President Abraham Lincoln, is a sparsely populated county with just two people per square mile and 5,467 residents, according to the 2010 census. Hugo is the county seat, although only 730 residents made their homes in Hugo in 2010.
Lincoln County, named after President Abraham Lincoln, covers 2,586 square miles of Colorado’s Great Plains southeast of Denver. It is bordered to the north by Washington County, to the east by Kit Carson and Cheyenne Counties, to the southeast by Kiowa County, to the south by Crowley County, and to the west by El Paso and Elbert Counties.
Isolated to the east, nearly equidistant between Denver and Colorado Springs, lies Limon. Also known as the “Hub City of Eastern Colorado”, it sits at an elevation of 5,377 feet. It features a historic downtown area with a few blocks of businesses.
Lincoln County Colorado is situated centrally on the Eastern Plains between Denver and Kansas. Settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s by farmers, ranchers, and railroad workers it has a rich history in agriculture and travel industries. The largest municipality is Limon.
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Overview. Limon is a town in Lincoln County, Colorado. It is known as the "Hub City" of Eastern Colorado as Interstate 70, U.S. Routes 24, 71, 40, and 287 all cross paths here. Five highways intersect here and Limon lies about equidistant from Denver and Colorado Springs.
