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A home rule municipality in Jefferson County, Lakewood is the fifth biggest city in all of Colorado. This city is located in the central part of the state, due west of Denver, and is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lakewood covers an area of 44.05 square miles and has an estimated population of 154,000.
Lakewood was founded in 1889 and incorporated in 1969. It was known as Jefferson City at the time, but an election was later held to change the name to Lakewood. This was because there were other places using the 'Jefferson' name in Colorado and nearby states and citizens didn't want people getting confused. Map
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