Colorado
- Ault
- Bellevue
- Berthoud
- Berthoud Pass and town of Berthoud
- Bethune (Maybe from Maximilien de Béthune, also a place)
- Bijou Creek (from bijou meaning "jewel")
- Cache La Poudre River ("hide the powder" or "powder cache")
- Calumet
- De Beque
- Florissant (from "flowering")
- Fremont County
- Grand County
- Lafayette
- Lamar
- Laporte (from la porte, "the door")
- La Salle
- Louisville
- Louviers
- Lyons
- Montrose
- Montrose County
- North and South Platte Rivers
- Parachute
- Parachute Creek
- Platteville
- Poudre Park
- Purgatoire River
- St. Vrain Creek
- Sublette
- Vernon
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Famous quotes containing the word colorado:
“I am persuaded that the people of the world have no grievances, one against the other. The hopes and desires of a man who tills the soil are about the same whether he lives on the banks of the Colorado or on the banks of the Danube.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)