Jackson County, Colorado

Illinois River running through the Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Kent Kanouse

Jackson County, also known as North Park, is one of the northernmost counties in Colorado and the fourth-least densely populated county with only 1,394 residents as of 2010. Walden is the county seat and only incorporated municipality.

The county contains the Never Summer Wilderness, the 71,000-acre Colorado State Forest, and the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.

Visit the Jackson County Government website.

Jackson County Colorado Map

Jackson County map.

County Towns

Coalmont
Cowdrey
Gould
Rand
Walden

Adjacent Counties

Albany, WY – northeast
Carbon, WY – northwest
Grand – southeast
Larimer – east
Routt – west

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Jackson County Courthouse Walden Colorado

Jackson County Courthouse in Walden.