Colorado Springs (disambiguation)

Colorado Springs refers to a Colorado city in El Paso County (with topic pages for its Flag, Geography, History, Media, People, Popular culture, Tallest buildings, Timeline) and may also refer to:

Areas

  • Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, a US Census Bureau area spanning 2 Colorado counties
    • Colorado Springs lignite field, a geologic area of coal mines—some outside of the metropolitan area (e.g., Franceville Mine)
    • Colorado Springs metropolitan area, a small portion of El Paso County around the city (e.g., including Manitou Springs)
      • Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, a WWII installation adjacent to the city airfield (now designated Peterson AFB)
      • Colorado Springs sanatoria, including a 2nd "Colorado Springs 'Sanitorium"' planned in 1909
        • Colorado Springs Camp No 7226, the local organization for the sanitarium of the Modern Woodmen of America
        • Colorado Springs Sanitarium, named "Horn's Mineral Springs & Sanitarium" as late as 1903
      • City of Colorado Springs, the contiguous area of the city and the name of the city government, which owns land outside the city limits (e.g., the Pikes Peak Highway)
        • Colorado Springs Airport, a city-owned public airport 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Colorado Springs
        • Colorado Springs Tent Camp, a military installation (later designated Ent AFB)
          • Headquarters Area, Colorado Springs, the location of the WWII 2nd Air Force headquarters (later part of Ent AFB)
        • Evergreen Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado), a 1993 historic district
        • Memorial Park, Colorado Springs
        • Original Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, an NRHP area on Peterson AFB with the original "City Terminal" that is the base's museum
        • Palmer Park (Colorado Springs)
        • Town of Colorado Springs, the name before annexations created the city and after the original "Fountain Colony" name by the Colorado Springs Company
        • West Colorado Springs, a city neighborhood west of Limite Avenue created with several annexations (e.g., "West Colorado Springs Addition No. 1")
    • Colorado Springs East Airport
    • Colorado Springs International Speedway, a former stock car track along Powers Road near Peterson Field

Buildings

  • Bemis Hall (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
  • Colorado Springs City Auditorium, an NRHP building used for WWII US Army Air Forces troops
  • Colorado Springs City Hall, an NRHP building
  • Colorado Springs Day Nursery, a former child care center at 522 South Nevada Avenue now on the NRHP
  • Colorado Springs Opera House, 18-20 North Tejon Street, for which the "Opera House Block" was named
  • Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, located in the 1903-1973 El Paso County Courthouse building
  • Colorado Springs Public Library-Carnegie Building, an NRHP building connected to the Penrose Library of the Pikes Peak Library District
  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
  • Federal Building (Colorado Springs), a Ent AFB building with NORAD computer systems through the 1990s
  • Colorado Springs Union Depot, a planned depot to consolidate the ATSF and D&RG/C RI & P depots (the latter was instead expanded)
  • US Post Office and Federal Courthouse-Colorado Springs Main, the NRHP name for the city's 193x federal building
  • World Arena, Colorado Springs

Organizations

  • Aeroflex Colorado Springs, an integrated circuit manufacturer
  • Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, the 1897-1920 railroad and company for gold mining operations between the 2 municipalities
  • Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway, initially the "Colorado Spring Rapid Transit Ry Co." with 1898 main line "from Knob Hill west through...Mamtou to the Iron Springs"
  • Colorado Springs Bible College, a 1910-59 institution that merged with Pilgrim Bible College and Western Pilgrim College to form Central Pilgrim College
  • Colorado Springs Business Journal
  • Colorado Springs Company, the 1871 business partnership of Palmer and Bell that created the Old West towns of Colorado Springs and Manitou
  • Colorado Springs Council, an organization of the Boy Scouts of America
  • Colorado Springs Country, the nickname for radio station KATC-FM
  • The Gazette (Colorado Springs), the current city newspaper/organization named in 1997 (originally Colorado Springs Gazette followed by the merged 1947 Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph)
  • Colorado Springs High School, originally at "Platte ave [between] Cheyenne ave and Weber", the burned building was replaced in 1893 and was renamed "William J. Palmer High School" in the 1950s
  • Colorado Springs Hotel Company, General Palmer's company that was the proprietor of the 1st two Antlers Hotels
  • Colorado Springs Independent
  • Colorado Springs Philharmonic
  • Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Colorado Springs School
  • Colorado Springs School District 11
  • Colorado Springs School District 49
  • Colorado Springs Sun, an early 1900s weekly "Colored" newspaper
  • Colorado Springs Symphony
  • Colorado Springs Utilities, the city-owned company providing service to select regions outside the city limits (e.g., the Broadmoor's "Ranch at Emerald Valley" on Old Stage Rd)
  • Free Library and Reading Room Association of Colorado Springs, a 1903 organization at 18-20 E. Bijou Street
  • New Life Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Sports organizations

  • Colorado Springs Ascent, a 2000-1 United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League team
  • Colorado Springs Blizzard, a United Soccer Leagues Premier team founded 2004
  • Colorado Springs Crusaders, a 2011-2 American Basketball Association team
  • Colorado Springs Driving Park Association (Colorado Springs Racing Association by 1903), conducting late 1800s horse racing at the Roswell Race Track
  • Colorado Springs Golf Club, the "Austin Bluffs" organization established by 1898 with the course adjacent to Palmer Park
  • Colorado Springs Gun Club, the organization established by 1903 with shooting facility at Knob Hill
  • Colorado Springs Shooting Range, formerly in the Broadmoor neighborhood east of the hotel and lake
  • Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the city's AAA baseball team in the Pacific Coast League (cf. the "Colorado Springs Base Ball Club" in Ivywild)
  • Colorado Springs Thunder, a 2009-10 Professional Inline Hockey Association team
  • Colorado Springs United, a Women's Premier Soccer League team founded 2005
  • Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions, the UCCS team in NCAA Division II

Other

  • Colorado Springs 1998, a Widespread Panic concert recorded live at the City Auditorium
  • Colorado Springs and Bijou Basin Wagon Road, a pioneer road established "Pre-1866" extending northeast beyond Rattlesnake Butte to the "Bijou Basin Settlement"
  • Colorado Springs Guidelines
  • Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900, research information from East of the city at the Tesla Experimental Station
  • Colorado Springs wildfire, the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire which burned a portion of the city
  • Fairplay and Colorado Springs Road, an Old West road of the Ute Pass Wagon Road /company over the Continental Divide