Cripple Creek, Colorado
The City of Cripple Creek is the Statutory City that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. Cripple Creek is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city population was 1,189 at the 2010 United States Census. Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp located 44 miles southwest of Colorado Springs near the base of Pikes Peak. The Cripple Creek Historic District, which received National Historic... Show more Landmark status in 1961, includes part or all of the city and the surrounding area. The city is now a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.