Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado

Lake County, one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature in 1861, was named for the Twin Lakes. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. The Twin Lakes District has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. ==Geography==

The Twin Lakes and the Twin Lakes CDP are located about south of Leadville, the county seat. The CDP is bounded on the east by U.S. Route 24 (US 24), on the south by Colorado State Highway 82 (SH 82, and on the north and west by County Highway 24. About west of the CDP is the original community of Twin Lakes, near the west end of what is now the Twin Lakes Reservoir. The reservoir lies south of SH 82, outside the CDP. SH 82 leads west across Independence Pass to Aspen, while US 24 leads north to Leadville and south to Buena Vista. The altitude of the Twin Lakes area ranges from to over , all of it somewhat lower than Leadville. Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado, rises directly west of the CDP to its summit, just west of the center of the CDP. The Twin Lakes CDP has an area of , including of water, (much less than the surface area of the Twin Lakes themselves). Climate ==Demographics==

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the ==See also==