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Caribou, Colorado

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While our information shows that the community of Caribou is historic,<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Caribou, we'll be sure to add our findings.

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Denver. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the east of where Caribou would have been located and has a population of 554,636 people.<2>

The next largest community is Lakewood. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the southeast of Caribou and has a population of 144,126 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arvada   SE27 mi [43.45 km]107,3615.1% increase
 Boulder   E17 mi [27.36 km]94,1710.53% decrease
 Broomfield   E27 mi [43.45 km]54,85843.34% increase
 Centennial   SE46 mi [74 km]---
 Commerce City   E42 mi [67.6 km]42,473102.34% increase
 Englewood   SE38 mi [61.2 km]32,6692.97% increase
 Fort Collins   NE47 mi [75.6 km]136,50915.05% increase
 Lafayette   E25 mi [40.23 km]25,0658.05% increase
 Littleton   SE40 mi [64.4 km]40,7771.08% increase
 Longmont   NE28 mi [45.06 km]85,92820.87% increase
 Loveland   NE40 mi [64.4 km]65,58729.6% increase
 Northglenn   E32 mi [51.5 km]33,6976.72% increase
 Thornton   E33 mi [53.1 km]113,42937.68% increase
 Westminster   E28 mi [45.06 km]107,0566.06% increase
 Wheat Ridge   SE29 mi [46.67 km]30,8946.13% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Black Hawk   S13 mi [20.92 km]10511.02% decrease
 Caribou City   E3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Central City   S12 mi [19.31 km]5669.9% increase
 Coal Creek   SE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Crescent Village   E12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Downieville-Lawson-Dumont   S14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Eldora   S2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Fraser   W12 mi [19.31 km]9271.87% increase
 Gold Hill   NE10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Jamestown   NE13 mi [20.92 km]2133.9% increase
 Nederland   E4 mi [6.44 km]1,3691.79% decrease
 Saint Mary's   S11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Tabernash   W14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Ward   NE7 mi [11.27 km]1680.59% decrease
 Winter Park   SW12 mi [19.31 km]85729.46% increase

Boulder County

Caribou would have been located within present day Boulder County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boulder: Adams, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld.

While not sharing a border with Boulder, the counties of Clear Creek and Broomfield are close to Caribou.

Below are counties that are near Caribou (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Caribou:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Caribou
 Adams County   SEArvada27 miles [43 km]
 Arapahoe County   SEBow Mar37 miles [59 km]
 Broomfield County   EBroomfield Heights26 miles [41 km]
 Clear Creek County   SYankee10 miles [16 km]
 Denver County   SELakeside30 miles [48 km]
 Gilpin County   SWEast Portal6 miles [9 km]
 Grand County   WHideaway Park11 miles [17 km]
 Jackson County   NWWilley Lumber Camp39 miles [62 km]
 Jefferson County   SETwin Spruce13 miles [20 km]
 Larimer County   NEPinewood Springs23 miles [37 km]



Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Caribou no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Denver. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Caribou, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Caribou.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Caribou and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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