Cañon City is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 16,400 at the 2010 United States Census. Cañon City straddles the easterly flowing Arkansas River and is a popular tourist destination for sightseeing, whitewater rafting, and rock climbing. The city is known for its many public parks, fossil discoveries, Skyline Drive, The Royal Gorge railroad, the Royal Gorge, extensive natural hiking paths, and the tropical-like weather year-round."
In 1994, the United States Board on Geographic Names approved adding the tilde to the official name of Cañon City, a change from Canon City as the official name in its decisions of 1906 and 1975. It is one of the few U.S. cities to have an Ñ in its name, others being La Cañada Flintridge, California; Española, New Mexico; Peñasco, New Mexico; and Cañones, New Mexico.
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There are good people in this town that like to take care of people I am one of them good schooling
Canon City, Colorado, has a wonderful climate which makes it a retirement haven for older adults. There are several companies that cater to Seniors and Senior Care. We have more then one Senior Center in the county, Fremont County, and many programs available. There are several retirement homes and even a Senior only apartment complex. Transportation is available for doctor's visits.
Canon city is a lovely little town with many stores both chain and "mom and pop". There is a beautiful public park and the drive to Royal Gorge Bridge isn't far. It is a quiet town you can drive or walk down main street on Sunday and still have fun with your friends on a Friday night. Things are quiet lately due to restrictions but everyone works together so the town can still be as "normal" as possible.
Not much for our children to do here
There are very few jobs available to older people with an education. I was only able to get a job as a paraprofessional which does not require anything beyond high school education and pays only minimum wage.