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Larkspur is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 206 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020" /> Each year, on weekends in June, July and August, the Colorado Renaissance Festival is held in the hills just west of the town.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The town is served by Larkspur Elementary School, a K-6 school in the Douglas County school district.<ref>Larkspur Elementary School website</ref> The according to William Bright the town was named for the plains larkspur (Delphinium geyeri).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
A post office called Larkspur has been in operation since 1871.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The community was named for the abundance of larkspur near the original town site.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Larkspur is also the site of the historic headquarters building of Universal Co-Masonry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to the town's website, Larkspur's Vision Statement is "Larkspur, a small friendly town in Colorado. A town that works together by: Fostering a Government of Integrity that Responds to its People, Directing Future Growth within Larkspur´s Small Town Values, Providing Community Facilities and Activities for All Ages, and Preserving the Natural Environment that is Unique to the Larkspur Area."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]Larkspur is located in southern Douglas County in the valley of East Plum Creek. Interstate 25 passes along the eastern edge of the town, with access from Exits 172, 173, and 174. I-25 leads north Template:Convert to Castle Rock, the Douglas County seat, and Template:Convert to Denver, as well as south Template:Convert to Colorado Springs.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Demographics
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Transportation
[edit]The city is Served by I-25. It was once served by SH-18 (now Upper Lake Gulch Road). In addition to the highways, the Colorado Joint Line (which is served by Union Pacific and BNSF) also runs through the town with a large Santa Fe bridge at the south end of town.