Tag: North America
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10 Interesting Facts About Grand Junction, Colorado
Facts About Grand Junction The Town of Grand Junction was Incorporated on the 22nd of July 1882. The city has a total area of 38.6 square miles, with 38.2 square miles of its land, and 0.39 square miles, or 0.87% of its water. Grand Junction has been nicknamed “River City”. The estimated population of Grand…
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10 Interesting Facts About Commerce City, Colorado
Facts About Commerce City The City of Commerce City is a home rule municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The estimated population of Commerce City is 62,418, as of 2020. Commerce City is located at 39°50′27″N 104°54′4″W (39.840735, -104.901139). The city had a total area of 23,295 acres, including 254 acres of water.…
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10 Interesting Facts About Castle Rock, Colorado
Facts About Castle Rock Castle Rock was founded in 1874 when the eastern Douglas County border was redrawn to its present location. The town is named for the prominent, castle-shaped butte near the centre of town. The estimated population of Castle Rock is 73,158, as of 2020, a 51.68% increase since 2010. Castle Rock is…
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10 Interesting Facts About Broomfield, Colorado
Facts About Broomfield The City and County of Broomfield is a consolidated city and county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. The estimated population of Broomfield is 74,112, as of 2020. Broomfield is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The municipality of Broomfield was incorporated…
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10 Interesting Facts About Loveland
Facts About Loveland Loveland officially becomes an incorporated town, with J.H. Aldrich as the town’s first mayor, in 1881. The City of Loveland is the home rule municipality that is the second most populous municipality in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Loveland is located in south-eastern Larimer County at 40°24′17″N 105°5′9″W (40.404789, −105.085868) The city…
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10 Interesting Facts About Boulder
Facts About Boulder Boulder has more used bookstores per capita than any other city in the country. The estimated population of 108,250, making it the 12th most populous city in Colorado, as of 2020. Boulder is surrounded by more than 31,000 acres of recreational open space and nature preserves. Boulder is located at the base…
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10 Interesting Facts About Greeley, Colorado
Facts About Greeley Greeley began as the Union Colony of Colorado, which was founded in 1869 by Nathan C. Meeker The name Union Colony was later changed to Greeley in honour of Horace Greeley, who had come to Colorado in the 1859 Pike’s Peak Gold Rush. Greeley was incorporated as a city on April 6,…
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10 Interesting Facts About Parker, Colorado
Facts About Parker Parker is located in northeastern Douglas County at 39°31′10″N 104°45′57″W (39.519488, −104.765833). As a self-declared “Town” under the home rule statutes, Parker is the second most populous town in the county. The town has a total area of 20.5 square miles, of which 0.02 square miles, or 0.08%, is water. Cherry Creek…
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10 Interesting Facts About Longmont, Colorado
Facts About Longmont Longmont is named after Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H. Long that is clearly visible from Longmont, and “mont”, from the French word “montagne” for mountain. Longmont was founded in 1871 by a group of people from Chicago, Illinois. Originally called the Chicago-Colorado Colony. Longmont was the site…
