Highway 287 in Lincoln County. Photo: Jeffrey Beall
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. Limon is the county’s largest town, with 1880 residents as of 2010.
Visit the Lincoln County Government website.
Lincoln County map.
County Towns
- Arriba
- Bovina
- Genoa
- Hugo
- Karval
- Limon
- Punkin Center
Adjacent Counties
- Arapahoe – northwest
- Cheyenne – east
- Crowley – south
- El Paso – west
- Elbert – west
- Kiowa – south
- Kit County – east
- Pueblo – southwest
- Washington – north
Lincoln County Courthouse in Hugo.
