Craig Colorado County
Moffat County, the second largest in Colorado with an area of 4, 743 square miles, is about the same size as the state of Connecticut. Moffat County is rich in western and Indian heritage, including petroglyph sites and historic homesteads.
The city of Craig is the county seat and is located in the southeast corner of the county at the intersection of U.S. Hwy 40 and Colorado Hwy 13. Craig, the population center of the county with 2010 census figures showing population of 9, 251 in the city and 13, 980 countywide.
Craig is the commercial and industrial center of northwest Colorado.
Three coal mining operations are located within a short distance of the city and one of the state's largest and cleanest burning coal-fired power plants is six miles south of Craig. The city is also a shopping hub for Moffat County, parts of Rio Blanco and Routt counties and for many people in the southwest part of Wyoming.
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The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,464 at the 2010 census. It is also home to Grande Olde West Days and one of North America's largest elk herds.