Central City, Colorado Central City, Colorado The City of Central, commonly known as Central City, is the Home Rule Municipality in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 663 at the 2010 United States Census. The city is a historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth". Central City and the adjacent city of Black Hawk form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk Historic District. The city is now
City of Hope Mile Stakes the Col. F. W. Koester Handicap, the name was changed to the City of Hope Stakes in 2013 in honor of the cancer treatment center in Los Angeles. Time record: Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: ‡ In 2010 run at Hollywood Park. City of Hope Mile Stakes The City of Hope Stakes (formerly known as the Arroyo Seco Mile as well as the Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes) is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the annual autumn meet. A