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Gregory James Routt

Routt County could be the 15th most extensive of the 64 counties with the state of Colorado from the United States. As from the 2010 census, the population was 23,509. The county seat is Steamboat Springs.

Routt County is made out of the western portion of Grand County on January 29, 1877. It was named in honor of John Long Routt, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. The western area of Routt County was split off to form Moffat County on February 27, 1911.

According on the 2000 census, the county carries a total section of 2,368.02 square miles (6,133.1 km2), of which 2,361.59 square miles (6,116.5 km2) (or 99.73 percent) is land and 6.43 square miles (16.7 km2) (or 0.27 percent) is water.