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Aspen is a city with an area of 9.1 km˛ (3.5 mi˛) and a population of 5,914 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory Aspen Aspen is the largest city and county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado. Founded as a mining camp in the Colorado Silver Boom, the city is now a Colorado ski resort and cultural center, named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area. The city emerging as a skiing mecca following World War II and the foundation of the Aspen Skiing Company by Walter Paepcke, a Chicago industrialist who sought to create a utopian community of the mind and body. Paepcke s legacy of the Aspen/Snowmass resorts, along with such institutions as the Aspen Institute, have made the city a year-round international destination for recreation, business, and intellectual discourse. In the late 20th century, the city developed as an off-beat haven for misfits, attracting such free spirits as John Denver and Hunter S. Thompson, who was glorified by many locals for his embodiment of the freak power ethic of the community.