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Lincoln County was established in 1889. Hugo is the county seat.
Lincoln County is shaped like a backwards "L". It includes 1,644,000 acres.
Lincoln County is 72 miles from north to south and 48 miles at its widest point (south). Elevations range from 4,500 to 5,400.

County Timeline

1861 - Colorado Territory. The are now in Lincoln County was partly in the Cheyenne Arapahoe Reservation and in Douglas County, one of the 17 orginal counties.

1870 - Bent County created from Huerfano County and Indian Lands (Cheyenne Arapahoe Reservation)

1870 - Greenwood created from Bent and Indian Lands.

1874 - Greenwood dissolved; area split between Elbert and Bent counties. Elbert was a new county, created from parts of Douglas and Greenwood counties.

1876 - Colorado becomes a state with 26 counties.

1889 - April 11. Lincoln County created from from portions of Elbert and Bent counties. Named for Abraham Lincoln. Hugo named county seat.

1889 - May. The final division of assessment from Elbert County; Lincoln County got the old Elbert County Jailhouse which was located in Hugo.

1890 - May. A U.S. Land Office was established in Hugo.