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Georgetown signs with Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office to cover law enforcement needs • Dec. 12, 2024, 12:22 AM ET (CBS)
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Georgetown, town, seat (1867) of Clear Creek county, north-central Colorado, U.S. It lies along the South Fork of Clear Creek, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 8,540 feet (2,603 metres), 40 miles (64 km) west of Denver. A historic mining town, it originated in 1864 when the Belmont (silver) Lode was discovered nearby, and by the time that the Colorado Central Railroad arrived in 1877, it was producing vast amounts of silver. It was named for George Griffith, a local official. By the 1890s silver mining had declined and so had the town. Unlike ...(100 of 270 words)

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