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Jackson County is the fourth-least densely populated of the Colorado 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado . The county population was 1,394 at the 2010 Census . The county seat and the only municipality in the county is the Town of Walden .
Most of Jackson County is a high relatively broad intermontane basin known as North Park , which covers 1,613 square miles . This basin opens north into Wyoming and is rimmed on the west by the Park Range , on the south by the Rabbit Ears Range and the Never Summer Mountains , and on the east by the Medicine Bow Mountains . Elevations range from 7,800 to 12,953 feet above sea level and is home to the head waters of the North Platte River . The term park is derived from parc , the French word for game preserve. At one time North Park was filled with herds of deer, antelope and buffalo. There were so many buffalo in the area the Ute Tribe gave North Park the name "Bull Pen." Now deer, elk, and cattle vie for the same area. In November 1861, Colorado set up 17 counties for the state, including Larimer County. This was where Jackson County would be carved out of in 1909. Before then, both Grand and Larimer Counties claimed the North Park area.
