▁Heritage ▁Center , ▁is ▁the ▁county ' s ▁only ▁historic ▁site ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁U . S . ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁Crow ley ▁County ▁also ▁today ▁hosts ▁a ▁state ▁prison . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁showed ▁ 5 , 5 1 8 ▁county ▁residents , ▁of ▁which ▁ 1 , 9 5 5 ▁were ▁prisoners , ▁giving ▁Crow ley ▁County ▁the ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁in car cer ated ▁prisoners ▁of ▁any ▁county ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁The ▁county ▁maintained ▁this ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census , ▁with ▁ 2 , 6 8 2 ▁prisoners ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , 8 2 3 ▁residents . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁county ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁( 1 . 6 %) ▁is ▁water . ▁Lake ▁Mer ed ith , ▁which ▁lies ▁south ▁of ▁Ord way ▁and ▁Sug ar ▁City , ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁of ▁several ▁la kes ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁Ad j acent ▁count ies ▁ ▁Lincoln ▁County ▁- ▁north ▁ ▁El ▁Pas o ▁County ▁- ▁north west ▁ ▁O tero ▁County ▁- ▁south ▁ ▁Ki owa ▁County ▁- ▁east ▁ ▁P ue blo ▁County ▁- ▁west ▁ ▁B icy cle ▁trail ▁Trans America ▁Tra il ▁B icy cle ▁Route ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 5 ,